Would anti depressants work to improve negative symptoms? Seems to me they would. Any thoughts / experiences?
Zoloft works for a lot of people. Buspirone works well for others for anxiety and restlessness.
When I first started taking Wellbutrin, I had a lot better energy immediately and it helped my focus too.
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I’ve taken Zoloft and it had some interesting effects on me as I didn’t know I was bipolar at that point. Still it helped me significantly during a couple periods with severe depression and obsessive thoughts. The withdrawal was really rough though
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I took Zoloft briefly and it made me terribly suicidal. I’m sure it works great for a lot of people, though. Wellbutrin has been the best antidepressant for me with minimal side effects; I take the maximum recommended dosage, 450 mg/day. I worry about changing doctors when I move, because I’m afraid my new doctor won’t want to prescribe that much to me, but that’s unfortunately how much it takes.
@Moonwalker, APs seem to act more on positive symptoms, but it would be nice if they could make one that would treat both positives and negatives.
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I’ve just read about the plight so many here suffering from negative symptoms, and if anti depressants can help then that should be part of a sz med program … I would think
My fault, I misread your original post. I thought you had written something about APs, not antidepressants, helping with negatives. So I guess you can ignore my last comment.
I think the rule of thumb is that nothing can treat negative symptoms. Ssri’s never helped me. Wellbutrin didnt help me. Abilify kinda masked them a smidge but not helped.
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Antidepressants can cause mania. My doctor decided to up my vraylar instead of my cymbalta. He said it was safer/better. I agreed.