My clinic knows about my history of psychosis, including my hospitalization. It also knows that I have a genetic disorder.
I was looking through the internet today to know more about my genetic disease, and it stated on the website that psychosis can occur with ataxia (note: this is a reputable source). So now I’m wondering, is my psychosis genetic? Or is my psychosis purely due to a sporadic cause?
I’m looking to bring it up to my neurologist. Since it’s a clinic, I would need to bring it up with my primary doctor at a bigger hospital instead of my clinic. If there is a treatment out for me someday, they could totally cure my disease including psychosis, which is eye opening!
What is ataxia?
‘Ataxia’ is an umbrella term for a group of neurological disorders that affect balance, coordination and speech. There are many different types of ataxia that affect people in different ways. You can read about the different types of ataxia in our ‘types of ataxia’ section, or access a general overview of the condition in our '‘Ataxia: what’s that?’ leaflet. A brief introduction to ‘What is ataxia?’ can be found here.
Who gets ataxia?
Anyone of any age can get ataxia, but certain types are more common in certain age groups. For example, people with Friedreich’s ataxia are usually diagnosed in childhood or adolescence.
How many people have ataxia?
The ataxias are rare conditions. Estimates from recent studies say that there are at least 10,000 adults and around 500 children in the UK with a progressive ataxia. To find out more about issues people with ataxia face, read our 2021 survey here.
Is there any cure?
Some forms of ataxia are treatable, but in most cases there is still no cure. We are supporting research and putting all our efforts in trying to get treatments or cures for the ataxias. See our Research strategy for more information.
What causes ataxia?
There are many different causes for ataxia. It’s important to remember that ataxia is also a symptom of other conditions (such as MS). It can be acquired after head trauma or intoxication; many ataxias are inherited conditions caused by defects in certain genes. Read more about this in our ‘Ataxia: what’s that?’ leaflet.
The most common inherited progressive ataxia is Friedreich’s ataxia. Research is on-going to identify other genes which cause inherited cerebellar ataxias and discover how they exert their effects. However there are still many people who do not have a specific diagnosis for their inherited ataxia. These people would be diagnosed as having idiopathic cerebellar ataxia and there are many researchers focusing on finding new genes and new types of ataxias.
This is all i could find but it says currently no cure
Your condition is surely inherited but something must first trigger your condition like violence, mocking or rape. My mother who is 81 years old is ill with the condition of mine as well. I got Ill at 24 after being mocked all of my life with the fact that I was inter-sexual ( Im a guy who is attracted to women but some of my body parts are female).
So well someday it simply broke out after all the gay accusations all of my life and from that day Hell broke out in my life and all of our strange scz signs came into my life and have been there ever since.
