So. Did antidepressants help anyone diagnosed with schizophrenia get their emotions back?
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No basically
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Lol. Ok, thanks for the quick response.
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Lol it was extremely dizappointin the sheer lack of emotion had many yrs now
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Antidepressant did not but a mood stabilizer did. I have SZA, though, so that makes sense.
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Im just a lost cause so don’t mind me
You’re not a lost cause!
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It takes a good pdoc who knows medications. It took a long time before I found something that finally worked. You just never know. So it’s not your fault.
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Thank you your very kind 
I tried lithium and depakote mood stablizers years ago but it had no effect on emotions, neither did ad’s. I just have to settle with being this way and try contentness
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Prozac did it for me.
Only ssri that made me feel emotional.
I’m now on Effexor, but for other issues than depression.
But it was more than 20 years ago, I doubt my med fried brain could have any emotion.
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Have you tried Lamictal? It’s worked very well for me.
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What is it?
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It’s a mood stabilizer like depakote or lithium.
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Oh its ok just googled it
I should speak to my nurse this week she was going to suggest things but i missed her call last week
Im afraid trying anything else though because its such a fragile balance and im barely making it currently, feel like any more meds might make me even more disconnected
I easily become low mood suicidal and i mean im so fragile it scares me
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That’s very good to know. I think it interacts with Abilify though, so I don’t know if I could take it. I’ll do some more research on it. Thanks @anon82938303
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Generally ad worsen my depression. I’m ok with effexor for right now.
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I know it’s an antipsychotic, but clozapine helped me a lot with suicidal ideation AND self harm thoughts. I can’t really say it helped with flat affect, tho, as that’s never been an issue for me.
I take both Venlafaxine and Lithium Carbonate to manage my depression, and they work well together. It’s an individual journey i think. I hope your mood improves soon.
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No.
Efexor blunted them.
Sertraline made me hypomanic. I had emotions. But it weren’t deep emotions. I was emotionally more blunted, but hyper and impulsive.
The only thing that brought back emotions, was quitting haldol (“be careful, do not try this at home”, etc).
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