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[quote=Anonymous]The questions I would ask your cousin:
1. Did this seem to come on quickly?
2. What was happening in the days before? Any unusual behaviors, colds, etc?
3. Did they do a spinal tap and an mri to check for inflammation in the brain and spinal fluid?

My daughter has autoimmune encephalitis. It's relatively new but its symptoms mirror many of schizophrenia. Anti-NMDA is one type of AE. There are many others and most don't have an identified antibody, so ruling it out can be tough. But I would at least do some research and mention it to the drs.

"AIE commonly presents as new onset of memory loss, psychosis, altered mental status, or seizures, with the presentation taking place over a few weeks to three months. AIE involves several parts of the nervous system, including the limbic system, the spinal cord, and/or the entire neuraxis. AIE can be confirmed by multiple modalities, including laboratory testing (antibody detection), neuroimaging, and electrophysiological studies (electroencephalogram)."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK578203/#:~:text=AIE%20commonly%20presents%20as%20new,and%2For%20the%20entire%20neuraxis.[/quote]

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