Steroids for schizophrenia?

If schizophrenia can be caused by inflammation, and if steroids are very good anti-inflammation drugs, then would at least some people with schizophrenia benefit from treatment with anti-inflammatory steroids?

That’s the question that this video addresses.

0:00 Introduction
0:17 Could steroids for schizophrenia work?
0:41 Inflammation might cause schizophrenia symptoms
2:33 Anti-inflammatory drugs might reduce schizophrenia symptoms
3:09 Schizophrenia has many causes
3:23 How steroids work
4:19 Older studies of steroids for schizophrenia
6:57 A modern study of steroids for schizophrenia
8:32 No added risk from steroid treatment in a recent study
9:21 No added benefit from steroid treatment in a recent study
9:47 Symptoms reduced in steroid and placebo groups
10:25 Autoimmune findings in schizophrenia
13:51 Risks of steroids
14:11 Not enough data on steroids for schizophrenia
15:25 Ideas for future research

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[matthewbiamonte]

Symptoms got a lot better after I was diagnosed with bone marrow sarcoidosis and given prednisone. Every four to five years they switch to methylprednisolone but now the kidney cancer came back and I’m getting mild symptoms. On 7.5 mg prednisone daily. Sed rate was 86. C-reactive was 18.6. White count 14.8

[buybngr]

So is it because not only does testosterone/steroids block inflammation which is a big part of schizophrenia but also the fact that Tes. can improve the live sof schizophrenics by improving their mood and mental performance?
Because Testosterone realeses both serotonin and dopamine which both are vital for mood and a person's day to day functioning?

[Frank]

They gave me steroids for my back, and It felt like I was on a cup of coffee 24/7.. lol...