Posted by nolvas on April 5, 2006, at 20:56:10
In reply to Tests for treateable biochem dis. assoc /w anxiety, posted by temoigneur on April 5, 2006, at 19:27:21
Pyroluria is certainly interesting and I've spent quite a long time looking it up on pubmed and google.
What I've discovered is that pyroluria is quite a contentious condition with almost no backing from the medical community (Although that's certainly no guarantee that pyroluria doesn't exist) A study from 1978 that can be found on pubmed also states it's a poor marker for Schizophrenia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyroluria
The last paragraph is interesting. I'm not sure of the accuracy of the comments made.
I can't disprove there is a condition called Pyroluria but there's not much conclusive evidence either. I would tread carefully when considering any treatment regarding this condition.
Pfeiffer also described the conditions Histadelia and Hisdapenia. When I look at all three conditions there is actually much confusion with the symptoms I could actually fit in to each category. The symptoms in relation to Pyroluria and Histapenia do overlap some what and this be confusing. I certainly have symptoms indicative of both conditions but I also have some that relate to Histadelia.
Vitamin B6 and Zinc are used in the production Serotonin and GABA respectively (these two neurotransmitters are implicated in anxiety and other mental disorders) and it would be natural to assume that if there was some genetic condition that predisposed one to be severly lacking in these nutrients then you could also assume that a person suffering from the condition would be more likely to suffer anxiety or mental illness.
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