It really bothers me that there is misinformation like the picture above stating that the Sz has awkward gate etc., when these are side effects of meds and long term permanent effects even when some meds are stopped. The general public thinks that these are symptoms of Sz, itself. Thank you, Sometimes P for pointing this out.

I'm glad that Newtus posted it because it is exactly the BS that the public is fed about MI, even down to the " chemical imbalance" issue. Key words in the info. in that pic.--- "Researchers BELIEVE there is a chemical imbalance" etc. ---it's all speculation and that's what people need to know. It's all speculation behind why MI happens.

Also I need to point out that the brain scans of Sz and Bipolar are small studies of patients having been treated with drugs for a while, but researchers are now saying the meds change the brain and how it appears on imaging. So a LARGE scale long term study of a Sz brain having been medicated versus a Sz brain NOT on drugs versus a "normal" brain needs to be done for comparisons. It makes no sense to take brains that have been strongly medicated and chemically changed, even with a Sz or bipolar Dx, and compare them to "normal" brains.