A bone-marrow transplant treated a patient’s leukemia – and his schizophrenia
<i>When penicillin was first used to treat syphilis, thousands of cured schizophrenics were released from mental asylums.</i><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newsweek.com&#x2F;diseases-mind-133263" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newsweek.com&#x2F;diseases-mind-133263</a><p>I&#x27;ve apparently submitted this article three times, the last time 18 days ago. It&#x27;s never gotten traction.<p>I have a long history of viewing mood issues and the like as somatopsychic side effects of medical issues. I tend to ask my sciency son to &quot;Look up X&quot; when I&#x27;m having an issue. I&#x27;m talented at asking the right questions. He&#x27;s talented at getting back to me within an hour with the info I need, plus supporting links. Then I typically go eat a thing and stop being such a fruitcake.<p>Some things I&#x27;ve done:<p>Consumed foods containing rosemary or sage to calm extreme anxiety because I was clear it was brought on by withdrawal.<p>Consumed beef with potatoes to mediate the salt-lithium connection and prevent both woke bi-polar like mood swings and suicidal tendencies.<p>Consumed oranges for the vitamin c to put a stop to out of the blue rage.<p>See also:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16607422#16608139" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16607422#16608139</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16140867" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16140867</a>