[quote=pachyderm;1097484]It occurs to me that perhaps there is no one thing that is schizophrenia (not a new idea). Maybe things lie along a spectrum, or more than one spectrum. As they do with autism, for instance. (I have felt for a long time an affinity with autistic people.) Maybe there are multiple causes, not one, and the disorder shows similarities, because there is a common effect that gets displayed by the human brain, whatever stresses are the causes.

Certainly the people who have schizophrenia, or show symptoms that are schizophrenia-like, lie along a very long spectrum. Some are what might be called "high-functioning" and some are not. The healing approaches that work well for some might not work well at all for others. The people who insist on "one-size-fits-all" treatment are misleading the people that need help.

((pachy)))) I do not usally post here. I read your post thou and i think you are very right . Years ago before my son got the DX for PDD. He almost got a Dx for this. They are very close at times I have to say. imo

I also have to say that either DX he had gotten. I just wanted it to be the correct one. As he was very young at the time. I did not feel they were right. The autism Dr agreed with me and the neroagist.
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Your also right there is no one size fits all treatment. With anything ...
sorry SE if I got off track....
will not interup again