Do u ever get that feeling that ur just lazy instead of being a schizophrenic i always get that feeling … i feel being lazy
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No dude!!! The negative symptoms are only part of the battle for me. I do get remorse about relying on other people and the government it’s only natural. But I’m not faking it.
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Well you could do something useful (if you got such feeling) (just invent something useful & ‘do it’ etc) (but I digress maybe it’s not that easy for u)
Try not to be lazy
You 'll be encountered with positive symptoms
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Quite often.
My husband will sometimes randomaly just start mentioning things I’ve done recently and talking me up when he can tell I’m in a funk about being a lazy unmotivated bummer. I wish everyone had someone on their side to do this when they get down about themselves and accomplishments or daily life.
I really think that if you’re still breathing, you’ve eaten, drank water, are relatively clean and you’re aiming to be a good person you’re doing enough. Everything else is extra. We are so hard on ourselves about the extra. Sometimes just living is hard.
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Always do your best and you’ll see the negative symptoms.
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Probably a combination.
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I know I’m not just being lazy because I can compare how I was before to how I am now. Before I could be lazy on occasion but overall I had a normal drive to do things. Now it’s a daily struggle. It actually causes mental anguish, that dissonance between wanting and not wanting to do things. This wasn’t a thing before I got sick.
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Negatives can make one lazy for sure but it’s symptoms and not really about action. Sometimes the hardest thing is to get off the coach or put a plan into action- at least for me it is at times.
I don’t think it helps as you get older…but it’s something you always need to watch. Depression is a common thing with sz and it often causes such things!
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Just like you I feel like I am so lazy about everything.
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i have the same problem but It helps when I receive reinforcement from my mother and father than I’m doing so well. I receive more praise ever since being diagnosed with sza disorder mainly because people now how severe it can impact someone
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Personally I thought I had all these negatives from sz then I ■■■■■■■ realized that it was ALL because of the invega I was on. 7 months off of it and I’m more motivated to use my car to pick up food, I literally ran 15.5 miles today also bc I’m losing the weight I gained on that med. maybe it’s bc I think I have drug induced sz where negatives might be less prevalent- I guess I rarely have positives too except voices every now and then… unless social shyness and awkwardness is considered a negative idk… but in terms of lazy ness I wanna just tell u it could be the meds. If I ever feel flat tho I just take supplements to fix it- have u tried l-tyrosine?
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Has anyone seeked treatment for the lack of drive?
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For that I’ve read on here occasionally that memantine helped. Also welbutrin. With welbutrin I used to not be able to even do the dishes and stuff (med side effect making me lazy not exactly a negative but what’s the difference.) now I literally don’t mind, it also helps marginally with getting my running shoes on to get myself on the treadmill every day. It’s also great for concentration. I really wanna try memantine tho
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Saying you’re suffering from the negative symptoms of sz sure sounds better than saying you’re lazy. It gives me some relief to think I have the former.
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I get told off by a voice about most things that i try to do. Statement it uses is "He’ll"come back The rest of the time its depression. Oh & the questionin of the illness is insight kinda coming & go going. At least mine does
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i didnt use to be lazy before the meds… now i lie in bed a lot its terrible…
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i am so happy that my life allows me to be lazy.
In my workinglife i couldn;t affort to be lazy but now i can and i enjoy every minute of it.
Sometimes my lazieness makes me fat and i get backpain. But i don;t mind because i know sooner or later i come back to my senses and go for a swim in the pool, and do the necessatities of survival like shopping, hygiene etc.
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My in-laws call me lazy constantly. They compare depression and not doing anything and to mania and doing everything. They don’t get it
Since meds my drive to do things has fallen a lot, smoking does not help and I have a lot more energy if I don’t smoke, so not really sure why I put off so many things