Which study says it gets worse? I read the opposite, you need less meds as you age bcz your brain produces less dopamine as you age.
Negative symptoms are normal for old ppl, even healthy ppl lose energy as they age.
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Positive symptoms get better as we age I mean negative and cognitive symptoms associated with the illness.
Negative and cognitive symptoms get worse with aging even for healthy ppl with no mental illness, its part of aging.
But when compare the negative and cognitive symptoms of same age group say 25 to 35 years. Mental disease people have worse scores that’s why anhedonia, apathy, lack of interest etc even at less age.
Yea we still have more negative symptoms than healthy ppl of same age. What I am saying is that if you compare your negative symptoms of when you were 20 to where you were 30-40, they’re about the same. I have the same negative symptoms when I was 20 as when I am 30 y.o. now.
For me its progressively getting worse. Don’t know if its mental disease or some kind of dementia etc.
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Degenerative diseases like Dementia and Alzheimer are much worse than sz. See the list I posted above, higher number means more disability.
Yes but if you check high depressive episodes its worst over .7
Yes that’s because of suicide. Severely depressed ppl have the highest suicide rate. Suicide is the worst disability. They’re often caused by extreme trauma like death of parents, child, war and crime, etc
Did your apathy, blunted affect etc when symptoms started same as of now?
Yes, I completely socially isolated at 20 y.o., I lost all my friends then suicide attempt at 21y.o., diagnosed as sz and put on Abilify. Abilify improved me socially, I made new friends but developped hypersexuality and multiple addiction from Abilify, stopped Abilify after 9 years. Now I am back to where I was before Abilify. Complete social isolation.
Positive symptoms also cause social isolation, not only negative symptoms.
What about negative symptoms without any kind of medication?
I stopped meds for a year, I isolated myself even more, I even isolated myself from my parents, I went living alone in another country and spoke to no one. I stayed home all day only got out to eat alone. I even blocked my family on social media, they called federal police to report me as lost.
Many ppl here are on high dose antipsychotic yet they are working, have a wife and family, and have friends in real life. I think sz by itself causes negative and cognitive symptoms.
For me my blunted affect and all negative symptoms get worse every day. I can notice the change every week. 1 month ago me is better than now and 1 month after me will be likely worse than now. This I noticing from the age I can remember its a slow decline.
Exactly, you have negative symptoms without meds. Some ppl here think its the meds but reality is that its the schizophrenia.
Did you try Abilify? It improved my negative symptoms by ~40%. Just watchout for addiction issues and hypersexuality.
Antipsychotics can worsen negative symptoms. I have negative symptoms without medication so if take such a thing it can get even worse. I tested with various drugs not specifically antipsychotics but with antidepressants, serotonin increasing substances, benzo etc when taking such its causing severe cognitive issues especially with working memory.
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Abilify improved my negative symptoms by 40%, I started going out, made friends, gym and bath everyday etc
There is hope in science. Science is unexpected.
Compare Abilify to Lobotomy or even Thorazine, the first antipsychotic, its a BIG improvement.
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You now taking abilify and doing these things (going out, gym etc)?