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Medications is the first line treatment for schizophrenia. Most commonly proscribed medicines are anti-psychotics. Your doctor may prescribe anti-depressants and anti-anxiety drugs also, in certain cases. Other options are social therapies, cognitive behavior therapies, and electric therapies. The treatment and care team may include a social worker, a psychiatrist, a psychologist, and a nurse.

Living with migraines is not easy. It can be quite challenging. More than 30% of people with migraine experience moderate to severe disability. The headache and other migraine symptoms make it too difficult for people to perform their activities. A a result, migraines are a leading cause of disability globally.

Currently, no physical or laboratory test is available to diagnose schizophrenia. In order to perform diagnosis, a psychiatrist generally evaluates your symptoms for the last several months (about 4-6 months) to first rule out other conditions that may show similar signs and symptoms. He or she may want you undergo through blood and imaging tests.

Sometimes, insomnia symptoms can improve by itself with changes in your sleeping habits and lifestyle. However, this is always not possible. You may have to meet a doctor in case the condition does not improve of its own. He or she will prescribe medicines and deliver behavioral and cognitive therapies.

Sleep disorder tests are generally used to diagnose insomnia. Your doctor will perform a physical examination and ask you several questions to understand what might be the possible underlying causes. He may ask you to get a blood test to rule out certain other conditions that might cause insomnia.

It is common for women to suffer with migraine attacks during pregnancy, particularly in early stage of the pregnancy. Pregnancy can be a common trigger for those susceptible to migraine hormonal changes in the body. Oestrogen reaches one hundred times the normal level. Always meet your doctor when you plan pregnancy.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a condition characterized by the destruction of the protective covering (myelin sheath) of neurons. The inflammation caused by the immune system damages myelin and the nerve fibers in the brain, spinal cord, optic nerve, and the specialized cells that make myelin within the central nervous system.

Seizures are symptoms of brain problems. A seizure is a sudden surge of electrical activity in the brain. It affects how a person appears or acts for a short period of time. The electrical activity of brain develops as a result of complex chemical changes that occur in nerve cells. Not all seizures cause convulsions.

In most cases, the symptoms of ocular migraine (or auras without headache or eye migraine) go away on their own after some time such as in about 30 minutes. Therefore, you do not need treatment for them most of the times. However, there are certain steps one should take if any signs of the condition are noted.

There are two types of transmissions – excitatory and inhibitory. Excitatory transmissions involve Glutamate and GABA or Gamma amino butyric acid is the principal inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain. A seizure occurs when there is a sudden imbalance between the excitatory and inhibitory forces within the network of neurons