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Vitamin B12 deficiency and psychosis

Identifier

007174

Type of Spiritual Experience

Hallucination

Number of hallucinations: 1

Background

Was it the combined effect of the deficiency and the antipsychotics or did the antipsychotics cause the deficiency? - this is not made clear

 

A description of the experience

J Psychiatr Pract. 2009 Sep;15(5):415-22. doi: 10.1097/01.pra.0000361282.95962.9f.  Malignant catatonia in a patient with bipolar disorder, B12 deficiency, and neuroleptic malignant syndrome: one cause or three?  Lewis AL, Pelic C, Kahn DA.

A Case is presented of a 23-year-old woman with progressive onset of paranoid psychosis and catatonia, who was ultimately found to have both vitamin B12 deficiency and a family history of bipolar disorder.

The patient was initially diagnosed with schizophrenia and treated with the antipsychotic medication ziprasidone. Her condition rapidly worsened to a state consistent with either neuroleptic malignant syndrome or malignant catatonia.

Work-up then revealed vitamin B12 deficiency  ….. The authors discuss the differential diagnosis of catatonia as reflecting a high likelihood of underlying mood disorder; the evaluation and management of malignant catatonia and malignant neuroleptic syndrome; and the role of vitamin B12 deficiency in precipitating psychotic symptoms.

The case also illustrates the problems of diagnosing and managing a multifactorial disorder with psychiatric, general medical, and perhaps iatrogenic components.

PMID: 19820558

The source of the experience

PubMed

Concepts, symbols and science items

Concepts

Atonia

Symbols

Science Items

Atonia

Activities and commonsteps

Commonsteps

References