How often do negative symptoms bother you? Do your symptoms change or go in and out in phases? I often struggle with avolition. I sometimes struggle with asociality and alogia. I occasionally struggle with flat affect and anhedonia.
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Most of mine are pretty constant. Sometimes worse, but pretty much always there.
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My lack of motivation seems constant. But my ability to overcome it and actually get stuff done comes and goes.
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Only thing to change my negative symptoms are supplements.
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I think maybe then they’re not negative symptoms, therefore I don’t have sza, therefore I don’t need meds.
Same here. I’ve probably seen a reduction of over 20% over the years.
Right now, my main problem is delusions. The negatives are still there and are disabling but I don’t feel like I suffer that much anymore. I’ve learned to cope as they say.
Alogia, avoliton, mania, etc. are not normal. They’re symptoms of something. Probably schizophrenia.
You’re not a psychiatrist. Don’t stop your meds whatever you do.
It’s all Greek to me. 
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Well technically the lack of motivation doesn’t exactly go anywhere. It just stays. But why would the other ones come and go?
The one thing that I almost always have is a lack of motivation. When the mania comes and I get cleaning and doing stuff I feel great.
I struggle with lack of motivation, so I try to really celebrate when I actually do something.
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None of this makes and ■■■■■■■ sense I’m so tired of dealing with this!!
@Sardonic Any of it can come and go, just like it can with many other diseases/ disorders. I get migraines and have chronic low back pain with sciatica, but I do have moments of peace. Sz/sza is no different. You may have issues, you may not, they may come back.
I am very frustrated. It doesn’t make sense that my negative symptoms come and go while everyone else’s stay constant. It makes me think they’re not negative symptoms.
I used to love life. I don’t anymore. That’s what negative symptoms have done to me.
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I am sorry 
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I talked to my mom. I’m kind of confused now. She said that my only negative symptom was rapid speech. First of all, I’m pretty sure that’s not a negative symptom. But second, she was the one who said that I didn’t speak when I was struggling, and she was the one who told my doctor once that I had a flat look on my face. So I guess I don’t experience those symptoms then? She said my lack of motivation was laziness, which hurt. Anyway, I guess that means I don’t have any negative symptoms.
My negatives are always there. Flat affect, anhedonia, avolition, asociality. I used to have alogia but I will talk now but I don’t say much. I am pretty quiet but I used to be scared to talk at all so that has gotten better.
Always there, just gotta push thru them.
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