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I applaud Valerie for her three part summary on CD and schizophrenia.
Since not all celiacs go on to develop schizophrenia, I think we have to
look at this as a subset, where we have an overlapping disorder in
addition to celiac disease.

I can propose 2 scenarios, with the thought that both scenarios could
co-exist to the detriment of person who might be afflicted.

First scenario is Vitamin D deficiency/ thyroid disease.

 We celiacs know that thyroid disease is not uncommon among us.

You can google Vitamin D and schizophrenia and get some good
hits...apparently there are rumblings that the RDA of 400 IUs just isn't
enough,  especially in the winter.  We certainly can understand that,
since Vitamin D is essential to the health of the gut.  According to one
site that I was on, 12% of the population could be deficient in Vitamin
D.  D is made on the skin, but the gut is where Vitamin A is absorbed.
Perhaps it is that interaction that is the weakest link for us.  That's
pretty broad, but more specifically, it might be narrowed down to a
particular gene that seems to be defective in both cases of
schizophrenia and autism, and codes for low density lipoproteins.

I'll do Part deux in another posting.

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