Deficit Schizophrenia - just 2 out of 6 negative symptoms?

This is a type of sz I only recently heard of that may describe myself and others here if you suffer just from negative symptoms. Here’s some info from a quick google:

Deficit schizophrenia is a syndrome defined by the following criteria: a) presence of at least two out of six negative symptoms: restricted affect (referring to observed behaviours rather than to the patient’s subjective experience); diminished emotional range (i.e., reduced range of the patient’s subjective emotional experience); poverty of speech; curbing of interests; diminished sense of purpose; diminished social drive; b) some combination of two or more of the above symptoms have been present for the preceding 12 months and were always present during periods of clinical stability; c) the above symptoms are primary or idiopathic, i.e., not secondary to factors such as anxiety, drug effect, psychotic symptoms, mental retardation, depression; d) the patient meets DSM criteria for schizophrenia

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I have most if not all of the negative symptoms listed there.

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Yeah, me too, along with some other cognitive issues such as poor attention span

I have some mild anhedonia and restricted emotional range. The worst for me is alogia, poverty of speech or the lack of spontaniety.

yep this is what i have.

I have at least two: diminished emotional range, and diminished social drive.

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