Can anyone else relate to this? I have barely any thoughts at all. I mean I have thoughts bc I am writing this but my mind is just blank most of the time. It sucks.
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I found that the suffering of the medication used to numb me significantly.
What do you mean by suffering of the medication?
The medication made me so fatiqued when I was on 10mg abilify and so zombied out.
It was so much effort to do simple things.
My body must have gone numb including my mind, to cope
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I feel this completely. I actually have no thoughts. Like my brain is a blank slate all day. I’m not sure if it’s a symptom of schizophrenia or if I have something else causing it such as encephalitis.
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It’s actually really scary.
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I’m pretty sure it’s a negative symptom of schizophrenia. It’s called poverty of thought.
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Poverty of thought around friends is really sad
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Ok, I wasn’t sure. Well if it’s poverty of thought, I must have the most extreme version of that symptom. Like no thought content at all. Been trying everything I can to get my thoughts back. Next bet is some sort of stimulant.
Even though stimulants are pretty risky with this illness.
Have you tried Clozapine? I’ve heard that works well for negative symptoms.
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I can’t even make friends bc I don’t know what to say.
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I haven’t as I’m just at the beginning of my journey, they typically don’t like to prescribe it as it has intense side effects. It tends to be a last resort type of thing.
Same i come here often to snap out of it.
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Exactly that’s what I mean, it’s due to the poverty of thought
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I hate nor want to socialize cause I have nothing share.
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I’m scared to try it. I don’t know what to do. Ugh.
To try clozapine? Or stimulants. Cause honestly I would try stimulants first, as long as your already stable on your current regime.
To try clozapine. I don’t really know much about stimulants.
Well you can talk to your pdoc about it, and see what they have to say about it