http://brainblogger.com/2009/02/20/schizophrenia-and-bipolar-disorder-share-genetic-links/ Topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives Mon, 21 May 2012 22:26:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://brainblogger.com/2009/02/20/schizophrenia-and-bipolar-disorder-share-genetic-links/#comment-597355 Greg Marlow Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:49:08 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=2326#comment-597355 Have you considered that the genes responsible for the sodium level control system may be the ones responsible for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia? Both these illness have a ten fold higher frequency of hospital admissions with hyponatremia compared to hyponatremia in all other admissions. I believe that most hyponatremia in psychiatric patients is incorrectly attributed to polydipsia. Instead it should be looked at as a possible underlying cause. Patients with hyponatremia can display many mental symptoms common to bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. In addition there is a mechanism that links sodium to the circadian rhythm. In the evening the body lowers blood sodium levels in preparation for sleep. If the individual already has a low level due to some hormone problem, the evening lowering may cause levels to become hyponatremic. Have you considered that the genes responsible for the sodium level control system may be the ones responsible for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia? Both these illness have a ten fold higher frequency of hospital admissions with hyponatremia compared to hyponatremia in all other admissions. I believe that most hyponatremia in psychiatric patients is incorrectly attributed to polydipsia. Instead it should be looked at as a possible underlying cause. Patients with hyponatremia can display many mental symptoms common to bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. In addition there is a mechanism that links sodium to the circadian rhythm. In the evening the body lowers blood sodium levels in preparation for sleep. If the individual already has a low level due to some hormone problem, the evening lowering may cause levels to become hyponatremic.

]]> http://brainblogger.com/2009/02/20/schizophrenia-and-bipolar-disorder-share-genetic-links/#comment-457391 I See An Encephalon Edition 65! Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:00:25 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=2326#comment-457391 [...] At Brainblogger, some great questions are posed:But, where does the acceptance end? Where is the line between “just a little bit different” and a diagnosis of a medical illness? Head over to the post at Autism - No Need For A Cure? and whilst there, you should definitely check out Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Share Genetic Links. [...] [...] At Brainblogger, some great questions are posed:But, where does the acceptance end? Where is the line between “just a little bit different” and a diagnosis of a medical illness? Head over to the post at Autism – No Need For A Cure? and whilst there, you should definitely check out Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Share Genetic Links. [...]

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