I was quite affluent with talking to people before I came down with this “condition” and no I’m about as whimsically creative as a wooden spoon I struggle to form sentences and talk to people just wondering if anyone suffers the same sort of effects? Wishing everyone a good day Ross
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There’s things I find difficult to talk about nowadays. I used to be able to speak my mind more but now not as much
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I talk in a way that i think is clearly audible and made out, but after watching some vidoes i see that i dont. Its a weird feeling. I always say someting mistaken for something else, not half as witty lol, i never used to.
Yes, it has become very hard for me. I have trouble finding words and with my recall. I don’t talk much anymore.
I have speech problems like that. But I just stay silent most days so not to embarrass myself.
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Yes all the time, it’s really annoying at school.
I do bc there is an expectation that I have to keep up with the conversation. Slowly realizing that other people are human, too, and may struggle with speaking. If I have good energy, my speech is actually good. I can connect with others. When the mojo is off, it’s torturous. Confidence is the wild card.
I do, but it is because of anxiety not schizophrenia. I don’t have a problem when I am not anxious.
Yes, I had poverty of speech and thought for two years after diagnosis. I gradually titrated off atypical antipsychotics with my doctor’s guidance after an eps scare last year. I was able to talk as I had before, but suffered from other symptoms, such as impaired “working” memory.
“Alogia” (inability to speak, or speakings) is as I understand it, one of the “negative” symptoms of schizophrenia, meaning it takes away normal feelings and parts of personality.
For me, not being able to speak was very hard emotionally, it was like being behind glass when other people were interacting around.
Now I can speak normally, but am getting back on heavy duty meds as of last month. Those will be your antipsychotics and mood stabilizers, though at much lower doses, hopefully.
Depending on when you were diagnosed, its possible you can get better like me! When I could talk again I was over the moon euphoric.
Though recovering from the disease can be hard, talking with the doctor, ie, discussing options…all that…that’s gonna help.
Make sure you take stock of what you’ve got right here right now through mindfulness. 
Also, try not to lose hope, as things can change and get better, and they changed and got much better last year for me in ways which I could never have imagined.
So I was revitalized when that happened…
So…it can wax and wane over time…this forum can be a good resource to use in understanding how people like the two of us have dealt with symptoms like these.
Just go in the search feature and search for posts and topics related to difficulties people have faced with this: “poverty of speech”, “alogia”, “mute”, “mutism”.
These are places / have gone before, and I’m sure they can help you, too.
Best wishes 
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I might have this symptom. It depends. I can write replies to my friends and write a lot. I just have trouble with verbal speaking.
My trouble is remembering things, I forget a lot and have to type slow as I forget what I have typed and how to spell a lot of words
I struggle to speak because I no longer have the gift of the gab. I have been very amotivational and don’t do anything that I can talk about. My mind is dull, and I have trouble thinking of something to say. I forget what I was going to say before I can say it. I remain silent most of the time.
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I feel like I’ve had a prefrontal lobotomy due to the medication. I just feel dumb and stupid sometimes. I prefer not to speak because of the ambiguity of words.
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