Man I’ve been feeling blah lately. Little motivation, excitement, or enjoyment in life. I don’t know if it’s my med, sleeping pattern, or how I’ve been living, but I’m just not my normal interested self. I just started on amitriptyline(antidepressant) so maybe that’ll help. It’s even down to my interest in women. I just don’t care. I’m not sad, but I’m not really enjoying anything. I don’t have anything to ask, but if someone wants to add something feel free. I think I’m gonna take off day treatment for a stint to see what that does.
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I was gonna add to that I used to really enjoy things. I felt like I had fun most the time or found fun ways to pass my time. Now I just do my activities and pass time cause there’s nothing else to do.
Sounds like negative symptoms of schizophrenia. They can be just as disabling or even more at times than positive symptoms. I have that problem also. I hate to say it but I’m vaping nicotine now and that might be the reason. As I have extreme negative symptoms also. But at the moment I am able to enjoy full emotions and enjoyment and activity around the house. I also enjoy music all day long. I also take vitamin supplements that increase dopamine and serotonin and Choline. I mean before when I was in extreme negatives even getting active didn’t help and sometimes it made it even more excruciating. But today I just put on some music and started dancing as I didn’t feel like doing anything. And then within about 15 minutes I felt like doing things.
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Not everyday is a step forward, sometimes it’s just keeping balance and staying in a place as opposed to going backwards.
Try not to beat yourself up over feeling low, it could be beyond your control.
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Sounds like you have anhedonia, which could be negative symptoms acting up.
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Yeah idk if it’s negatives. Maybe partly, but I’ve had schizophrenia since I was 16 I’m 37 now and haven’t ever felt so bored. I really think some of it has to do with the effects of perphenazine. It works really well for me, but it does do a good job keeping down the mania which I feel I’ve been running off of for years. Coffee doesn’t help either on this drug. Anyways I took my antidepressant yesterday and today has been better. Maybe the antidepressant is the boost I need.
I’m feeling kinda the same way except I’m unusually at peace… For the most part lol
Not alot of interest in any off my projects or sex that much
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I’ve been feeling like this since I got sick in 2013. Nothing excites me. I feel like I’m just existing and surviving.
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Yeah that’s how I’ve been. I keep up with my responsibilities reasonably enough, but even when I’m doing things or active it doesn’t seem to help. Idk the antidepressant has boosted my mood today. I think I just don’t have that manic high that I’ve felt for the past 15 years.
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It’s the same for me.
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