Insulin rocks the brain

"Defects in insulin function -- which occur in diabetes and obesity -- could directly contribute to psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia."

Interesting! So besides the usual suspects like dopamine and serotonin, your insulin levels might have something to do with your mental illness. I wonder if there is a higher incidence of diabetes in people with mood disorders?

"We know that people with diabetes have an increased incidence of mood and other psychiatric disorders." And there it is! But diabetes alone can increase mood swings. Apparently insulin has a lot to do with mood.

So why is it that a lot of the drugs we take to make us less crazy actually cause diabetes? I have to get tested every 6 months because the lamictal can cause it. So is it helping my mood swings to take medication that may mess with my insulin? There's so much about our bodies that we just don't know, and yet we keep pouring chemicals into them in hopes that something will work out. In fact, we're all just test mice.