I sometimes have mania and depression.
I don’t know if depression is from negative symptoms. Even my psychiatrist couldn’t differentiate them. He prescribed me an antidepressant Wellbutrin for a month but it didn’t change anything. Sometimes I am overexcited, I talk too much and jump from one subject to an unrelated subject with no goal in mind. When I am manic I can’t sleep, I sleep at 3 AM when it happens.
I took lithium (Supplement) once by myself and I felt better but sleepy. I don’t see anything about both disorders together on medical websites, only SZ and drug addiction.
Ikr Even my psychiatrist mistakenly thought I had depression. He couldn’t differentiate negative symptoms from depression.
He prescribed me an antidepressant which only made me worse, I was sleeping all day on it instead of being more active.
Depression and negative symptoms look the same except that they have different brain mechanisms. Meds for depression don’t work for negative symptoms.
I’m sza bipolar type. Many years ago, I was depressed and suicidal along with paranoia, thought broadcasting, insertion and control, and delusions of reference with all forms of hallucinations.