My doctor said that the diminished cognitive effects are both because of the medications and the condition. Is this true?
Secondly, which medications are least likely to cause cognitive dysfunction?
My Schizoaffective went undiagnosed for 25 years.
Therefore, my cognitive abilities have suffered by a degree or more.
I am in my quest to revive it in order to reach my potential. Does anyone know of any ways to revive the brain?
I liked Latuda and I prefer Vraylar because it works better for me.
Do Abilify or Seroquel cause cognitive dysfunction?
I am on both.
Can you expound on your experience with these two medications?
They are not available in my country.
I looked at Wikipedia. I did not like Latuda because it didn’t make me feel medicated at all and I had headaches, had to eat with it and ■■■■, and had psychosis. But it made me feel smarter in a sense that I felt less medicated. Vraylar increased my thinking abilities but not as much as Latuda. Both are expensive. I recommend reading wikipedia for cognitive benefits and stuff.
I’m on clozapine and I need about an hour of not doing anything before I am able to follow trough anything. Not even reading keeps me focused and motivated to continue doing.
When I was on Abilify and Risperdal I felt like I could not read. Like I either had severe blockage or just couldn’t read. Now, I’m reading 100 pages a day when I get a book (3 days for a 300 page book, roughly). Some books I just avoid like Parallel Worlds from michio kaku. It’s hard and it triggers my emotions.
I know Latuda and Saphiris don’t cause cognitive dysfunction. But, both are not available here.
As regards to cognitive enhancement, I have tried various techniques. At first they work, but they stop working after awhile.
It is as though something (medications?) are inhibiting my efforts. It is frustrating.
I improved my attention span by 40 percent at one point in time, but the effect mitigated after awhile.
Scientifically proven ways to revive the brain:
Exercise
Good sleep habits
Good nutrition
Meditation
Practicing a musical instrument
Studying a foreign language
Doing crossword puzzles
Reading
Doing two things at once
Socializing
Agreed.
Risperdal and Clozapine were terrible for my brain.
Taking Clozapine for three years destroyed my brain. Now I am off it, and though the current combination showed promise at first, I feel the cognitive enhancement has subsided.
I can’t learn to play an instrument while I cannot learn foreign languages easily. I have difficulty reading, too.
I cannot multi-task because I go in a zone when I concentrate.
As you can see, many of the things you have mentioned are my limitations in the first place in terms of cognition.
On a positive note, though, the current combination has aided my ability to focus for hours. I am using my brain more than ever before. But, it is not translating into cognitive enhancement yet.
I tried learning German but I lost the vocabulary pretty quickly. It could be the illness.
I have problems with music because I dont attention.
Same here. I lose information.
I am working to revive this aspect in particular.
I would do Math problems in Columbia University ( or, for that matter, in grade 6). Immediately after learning something, it would just be gone like magic.
I am wondering how I can enhance this particular aspect of the Executive Functions.
Could be a memory issue. I dunno. You have the intellect, which is different.
I had some weird symptoms a few years ago. I could memorize streets backwards and forwards. I lost that ability. I had OCD like compulsions and symptoms to remember things even digits of pi.
I know what it is. It is what I call a Sequential Learning Disability related to the Schizophrenia.
In particular, it is difficulty learning in steps, or, encoding step-wise information in long-term memory.
I keep forgetting stuff too like new information. I tried learning the difference between ‘who’ and ‘whom’. I still struggle a lot.
How long have you had SZ?
8 years. 151515151515
I’m a slow processor too. I cannot do the actuary tests or practice tests because I take 5 times as long. I’m looking into stimulants but I doubt the doctor will give them to me. I believe I have mild to moderate ADHD that was never diagnosed as a child. I have Aspergers too and it’s pretty comorbid. I have to drink energy drinks to focus or I couldn’t do the school work. I had no motivation without them also.
Exactly the same here.
I passed the Actuarial Exams though.
You cannot, like me, initiate focus.
I could focus with Adrenaline (fear of failure).
I also thought I had ADHD. Don’t take the stimulant because it destroyed seven years of my life. I had esoteric experiences for 3 years and was on Clozapine for four years.
When I recently found the right combination, I can focus for hours. It was childhood Depression. The symptoms are benign in terms of mood but there is a technical glitch.
You have a good doctor if he is not willing to give stimulants.
Mine did. With history of Mania and Paranoia.