Anyone have chronic catatonia like this (video added)

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Hi,

Anyone have chronic (continuous) catatonia like these people or know any person who have these.

Regards

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Mine was never as bad as those people, but I did have catatonia for two months. I was unable to feel emotions, talk much, or move much. It was a pure living hell.

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How able to return from catatonia? Now experiencing any mild symptoms of it?

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I was put on a antidepressant and antipsychotic, which helped a great deal. I guess I also zone out sometimes, which could be a residual symptom.

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Do you now able to remain still for long time without moving like in catatonia?

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I can move fine now, but during my catatonic period, I couldn’t move very well.

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during catatonia period what going through your mind? is it nothing or thinking about something?

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Most of the time I had a severe lack of thoughts.

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i have mild form of catatonia its not complete blackout. i too experiencing lack of thoughts. if think of something forget about previous thought.

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If you freeze for a long time tell a dr and he will prescribe you catatonia meds.
I have catatonia whenever I stop my antipsychotic.
If you don’t freeze and you have lack of thoughts then that’s called negative symptoms like alogia.

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what meant by freezing? is it still for more than 10s?

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I found high caffeine is good for lack of thoughts.
You can buy caffeine pills 200mg online, don’t take more than the dose on the bottle.

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Without meds I freeze for 15min or more, no motion not even the eyes sometimes. I can’t move my hands, feets or head.

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previously i had several thoughts in mind run in parallel, as years passed the space available got reduced now hardly able to do one thought, if think of some other previous get fade from mind.

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Its called alogia, poverty of thoughts, its a negative symptom of sz

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thanks i thought its due to catatonia. i have no freezing may be some time i get 1 or 2s freeze.

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this is why doubted whether its due to absence seizure.

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i now realized i am slowing moving to sleep like state, i mean not waking up fully. almost like lucid dream like experience. for running several thoughts we need to wake up fully but in this condition its not happening.

previously during daytime i am fully awake and during sleep fully unaware. this huge shift from awareness to unawareness is reducing as years go by instead remaining in between both during day and night and this lack of quality sleep might be causing worsening cognitive issues. may be the inattention spells might be due to mini dozing due to lack of quality sleep.

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during dreaming we not usually have other thoughts in mind. same way during day time also this lack of multiple thoughts may be because of partial awakening.

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Try caffeine pills 200mg if you don’t like coffee.