I don’t know if I have negative symptoms ordepression. I feel to depressed to wash myself or wash my clothes. I have no energy. Felt like this since my first psychosis. Anyone have the same thing and got better?
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Yes. No energy to take a shower, to exercise, to do everyday things. It’s lethargy. Negative symptom
Yes, by at least 20%. It took like 4-5 years. I’m on my 7th year.
Yes. They come and go. Some periods I have no negatives at all and others I have severe. I don’t know why
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I got rid of 80% of them by finding the right dosage of the right AP and AD. Besides I started doing some CBT in an attempt to rewire my fried brain. And it worked. I became functional again, after 3 years of crushingly strong negatives.
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Great story - good for you Andrey
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See if your shrink will prescribe modafinil. Helped me a ton.
I have chronic avolition and anhedonia to some extent. But negative symptoms come and go. Been pretty depressed this last month.
what is modafinil?
It’s a medicine normally prescribed for narcolepsy or shift work disorder. Psychiatrists are increasingly using it off label for negative symptoms of antipsychotics. It’s a subtle effect, kind of like a stimulant at first. Nothing like amphetamines.
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I had severe depression and negative symptoms until I got prescribed Wellbutrin which has helped a lot. In the beginning I was just pushing through them until it became unbearable. Now I’m doing a lot better than before.
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