Do negative symptoms ever develop later?

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I’m getting to where there isn’t much I enjoy and it’s really hard to exercise and stay awake and do things. I feel like I’m a downer.

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Have you had a change in your medication

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It was recently lowered because I couldn’t function on the higher dose. I was on 15 mg of Haldol now I’m on 10 mg

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The meds help the negatives then?

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Sorry to hear that. I find it hard to exercise even on 2.5 mg ability. Do you still enjoy anything at all?

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I’m just asking her cos an increase or addition of a, med may make negatives worse.

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Negative symptoms don’t always follow a predictable pattern. They can wane and wax or even disappear completely only to be back in full force years later. I got rid of my negatives but I find that my interest in life has dwindled. I have little interest in doing things but at the same time I feel shockingly at peace with the situation.

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Just tv now is all I really enjoy, and even that is hard to focus on

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Ah ok, i see. so the meds worsen the negatives? Gosh…

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They can do, not always.

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That’s interesting @Andrey

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Many users here keep saying ability lol I think they mean Abilify?

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Woops that was an honest mistake…

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Its fine, you’re not the only one who wrote ability, many other users from what I read lol

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I can’t function on any Haldol at all. I have no first hand experience, but my instincts tell me that it is possible to develop negative symptoms in the progression of the disease.

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Maybe you need more time to adjust to the lower dose?

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I didn’t have negative symptoms till after I left the hospital. Before that, I thought my energy was fine and I didn’t think there was really any issues with me. I thought I’d bounce back quickly , but then a month or two afterwards started the fatigue and lack of motivation

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@Aziz , it’s because of autocorrect. Autocorrect often changed Abilify to ability

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That’s interesting @KushiDays. So yours developed later too.

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Yeah. I found it improved once I started walking more though, but it took months and months for improved stamina.

Hopefully you are better

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