Than I used to be around people
It maybe because you are getting older and people find you more approachable.
Also you look kind and friendly.
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Yeah so am I because I actually have insight now. Hated when ppl called me quiet. I wasn’t quiet, my mind was just blank.
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I’ve kept to myself for a long time. People think that if they just pat me on the back I am going to blossom into some kind of social prodigy. I hate to disappoint them, but I have been this way for a long time, and I don’t plan to change.
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I’m very quiet around most people because I never know what I’m going to say. I like to just stay home. I’m a bit worried that my youngest daughter is the exact same way.
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That’s sweeet Simon. But I think It might somewhat be due to illness.
I am a lot less sociable since I gave up drinking alcohol, when someone comes round I hardly say anything now, I don’t even post much on here anymore.
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I think with time you’ll adjust and become social again. Maybe not like you were when drinking but hey at least you’re not belligerent
I barely drink. Once in 6 months. Could be the meds
Did you have social anxiety when you were younger ish?
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Yes I was even put on meds for it before the schiz dx and I swear the min I took those antidepressants at 19 something weird happened. I guess that’s where bp comes in.
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Nice you are more social, care to drop by for Tea and Cookies ? 
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That’s why I started antidepressants which made me floridly psychotic. Although I think previously I was psychotic. Just not chronic psychosis.
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Cookies? I think you mean biscuits 
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biscuits it is then
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Antidepressants can make some people manic and maybe the abilify helps with the anxiety.
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SSRIs make you a social butterfly that’s nothing new
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I wouldn’t say I go as far as to avoid people. But I do feel slightly awkward sometimes not usually.
It’s all about cognition