How to get out of this? Without meds no negative symptoms but positive symptoms prevent me from functioning. With meds negative symptoms prevent me from functioning. I gave up my diet, no more motivation just like I gave up work after 2 weeks-month from no more motivation. I feel like my brain is a car that fails to start. Took an IT course online and gave up after doing 27%. Maybe Vraylar will improve this a bit but maybe it will never be available here. Tired of waiting.
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Best I can do is play video games and only with friends, I can’t play on my own.
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Don’t quit your meds. I believe in you. 
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Keep taking them. Maybe in meantime ask your doctor it’s ok to reduce a bit if your willing to risk
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I was at 1mg lower before and had positive symptoms only when outside my house or when under stress. Idk if I can avoid these.
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Stay on your meds.
Would be my advice.
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Hang on, end of the year is close, then change your meds, hope it’ll be good.
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Have you tried glycine?
Possibly Effective for
- Schizophrenia. Taking glycine by mouth along with conventional medicines seems to reduce certain symptoms of schizophrenia, called negative symptoms, in some people who don’t respond to treatment with conventional medicines.
- Stroke. Taking glycine under the tongue for 5 days may help to reduce brain damage due to a stroke that was caused by the blockage of a blood vessel (usually by a clot) in the brain.
Its proven effective for negative symptoms not just placebo like other things.
Another thing which works similar to glycine is taurine. The striking similarity is both glycine site agonists.
I have not tried glycine directly instead DMG, dimethylglycine and I found it useful for improving mood may be helping negative symptoms.
Yes but it gave me nausea at the doses on the bottle. I tried Sarcosine and it gave me headaches.
What are you on? Have you tried different meds with less side fx?
Yes it says need higher dose of glycine to get effect. May be the side effects due to higher doses. DMG comes in just 125 mg and pretty safe i think. It gives effect from just 125 mg compared with massive dose of glycine.
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The effect i notice is a kind of calmness but at the same time have more energy. Good for workout. Have cognitive benefits like less impulsive.
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Risperdal 4mg. Only Abilify improved negative symptoms but caused addiction and hypersexuality side effects. I am waiting on Vraylar to be available here.
Hope Vraylar comes to your country @Aziz and that it works for you! Sorry to hear you are in Catch 22 situation. I think though that it’s best to be on meds. I know negative symptoms sucks but at least it’s not life threatening like your positive symptoms
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Hey Aziz… don’t quit your meds cold turkey and don’t give up on your diet you were doing so well.
I’m sorry you don’t feel as motivated as before but don’t give up.
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