Hi, I'm 22yrs old and I was diagnosed with schizophrenia 3-4yrs ago. Since then, I've been living through hell - it can be a thrill (manic experience), but it's not reality based, so one usually wakes up to the hell of reality and to the realization of how one's been fooling one's self. Anyway, after getting diagnosed I was devastated and I began to learn as much as I could about this illness. Unfortunately, there isn't much and it's a symptom based illness without a cause. I know that experts think it's a genetic illness and it very well might be one for some people, but I'd bet that it isn't for a lot of other people, because, for one, a lot of people have found the cause of their schizophrenia-like symptoms, went through treatment, and are now living symptom-free.

So, I'm wondering, what are some types of diseases, infections, etc... That could result in schizophrenia-like symptoms, and what are some tests/treatments/cures for these. For instance, I think that I may have herpes simplex (undiagnosed) and I've read that this could become HSE (herpes simplex encephatitis) - which is a viral infection of the brain.

Thanks, I hope you can offer some much needed insight.


Kind regards,
Peter