Which book?
“About 85% are unemployed.”
No I am not able to work. I have severe negative symptoms like 0 motivation, 0 emotions, and inappropriate emotions and laughter. Laughing gets me in trouble sometimes, ppl think I am laughing at them or I am crazy. I stay in bed all day everyday, only get up to eat and play video games 1-2x a week.
I’ve been a receptionist, dental assistant, plastic surgery assistant, writer and full time caregiver.
It’s possible to work with this diagnosis, but I found it extremely difficult to work in an office type setting.
You have to just find something that works for you and give it your all.
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Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry. It is 4500 pages and contributed by many prominent psychiatrists. I would say it is the authority when it comes to psychiatry.
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What year is it?
Weird bcz I am sure more than 27% of ppl here don’t work, lots on disability and some like me supported by parents.
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10th edition. Latest edition. I bought it on Amazon. The two year outcome of patients with schizophrenia is that 36.8% achieve complete remission. By that definition, that alone indicates that 36.8% should be able to work. However, I am also saying that is does take time to recover from this illness, especially if you have a more severe case. It says after 25 years, 73% were able to work in the previous 2 years. I believe the percentage was less at 15 years.
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Kaplan is good, I bought their medschool flash cards, I wanted to transfer to medschool from physiotherapy and I had the grades 1st semester but was diagnosed with sz 2nd semester and my grades went down significantly, I still got the physiotherapy degree but unable to work.
I am working as a civil engineer after diagnosis, full time job. Buy never satisfied with my job. I want to make a civil engineering consultancy company. That requires investment and risk. SZ is chronic disorder so i am unable to say when I become successful.
Now I am on meds Amulspride 100mg and Queitipin 25mg. Amulspride makes wonder for my delusion and hallucinations also for negative symptoms.
Mostly i am symptoms free but main delusion of my mind never went off, (which caused me schizophrenia.)
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I work for the federal government collecting taxes.
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i work in a deli
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Lol. Funny how a thread asking for people who work to respond gets a bunch of people who work in their response. Seriously this isnt how stats work at all and it angers me that you would draw such baseless conclusions. Imagine asking for white people with heart conditions to come forward and then concluding that all white people have heart conditions. Its so dumb
Its not a myth at all. I’ve seen your stat flipped - stating only 25% of people with schizophrenia work.
“Estimated employment rates among people with schizophrenia in western societies range from 12% to 39%”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4753607/#:~:text=The%20estimates%20of%20lost%20productivity,from%2012%%20to%2039%.
“Only 8% of people with schizophrenia are in work”
Think about what you’re saying before committing to it.
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it sounds to me that it is not related with negative symptoms but very severe positive symptoms , i think u need an adjust in Aps, maybe even upper dose/ switch to another meds
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Why you think I have positive symptoms?
I have no hallucination, paranoia or delusion.
My psychiatrist told me I am stable.
He wrote on my report Schizophrenia with negative symptoms, apathy and avolition.
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more than just negative symptoms, or not necissarily positive / negative but u said u are laughing sometimes / have inappropriate emotions and expressions , for me it is more than just negative / it is more cognitive / thought disorder , i dun know
My psychiatrist said I have negative symptoms and that there is no meds. Inappropriate emotions is part of sz, I think apathy which is no empathy toward others and oneself, its a negative symptom.
It is from my textbook. The textbook is 4500 pages. I would trust the textbook than your online sources.
I don’t need an education on statistics. If you want to act all high and intelligent. Let me tell you I work in Capital Markets at the bank. If you don’t know what it is, look it up.
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Does the book says what’s the % of ppl with negative symptoms?
Aziz, in chronic populations about half the patients will have negative symptoms. 40% of patients have significnant negative symptoms. I am not trying to make light of your situation but the text says mild expression of these symptoms are seen in 5-10% of the population who do not meet criteria for a psychiatric illness. They also exist in other mental illnesses or brian injuries. I would encourage you to continue to push youself. I really believe that once you actually start doing an activity, you will then gradually find back your motivation.
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Thanks for the info 
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