I know depression gets better. We get comfortable with the pain but donthe negatives improve.
What supplements help your negs
Sarcosine
Dopabean
Acetyl l tyrosine
Orooxylin A
DMAE
Tyrosine
Huperzine A
Choline & Inositol
Vinpocetine
Lecithin
These are a few of the supplements I take for negativeās They do make my positives worse but I stay on maximum dose of antipsychotic to keep them in control
I take about 40 more supplements that also complement these
It cost around over $300 a month but at the moment itās worth it as they keep me going
I still eat a full regular diet whatever I feel like lotta protein vegetables and carbohydrates
I donāt know if this will help but Iām going on 45 years with schizophrenia; I got it when I was 19.
I wonāt say my life is great but Iām thankful I got a job and a couple of family members and I got my AA degree last year. Iām not too social now but I had some very good years when I was very social.
My positive symptoms are pretty much under control. I donāt think in terms of negative symptoms, I think of how I talk to my co workers and my roommate and my sister and her boyfriend and how I can do simple things like talk to cashiers and fast food workers. Itās not hard, you just be polite and keep the talking to a minimum.
I have no idea how the rest of my life is going to go, Iām just playing it by ear and trying to maintain what I got. But the good news is that symptoms tend to get better or less intense as you get older for many people. I have the same problem with movies but every now and then I can get through one and Iām pretty good at following 30-45 minute videos on YouTube.
Iāve been coasting in life and turning down invitations to socialize for quite awhile now. I kinda have a plan to socialize more and maybe even make a friend. Iām out of practice but Iām friendly and polite and that helps. I wish I could say something great to make you feel less hopeless. I guess I could say things change, sometimes for the better. Sometimes you just need to change just a few things to make your life better and more bearable. Thereās people out there (and right here on this site) who want to help you and see you do good, you just have to be open to it. Good luck.
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Thanks for help. I feel im annoying everyone on the site because im depressing and talking about the same thing.
Sounds like you have some social skills. I just say one word and then go quiet because my brain cant think of things to say. I sound very dull and boring too.
I heard positive symptoms get less in time but negatives get worse as life goes on.
Thats a lot of supplements.
Which help yoh most with anhedonia and alogia would you say?
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Iāve been thinking about your alogia. I think learning how to sing could help break down some of the ingrained stiffness by lessening the focus on what you are saying while vocalizing something. All in all it couldnāt hurt if you are willing to give it a try. I am not selling it as a solution by any means and thereās no evidence that it would actually help, just a hunch of mine, take it or leave it. Good luck.
Ive been practicing singing in the car funny enough, not much but putting songs on that i know well and singing them out. I havent done it loads so i couldnt say if its beneficial. Ill keep trying though. I keep giving up on things for recovery because i think there lifelong symptoms. I hust want to hear someone who genuinely got better from alogia so I know it can improve
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When compared to other extracts with similar mechanisms, Sabroxy was deemed the most effective for promoting focus and supporting motivation ! PROMOTES COGNITIVE FUNCTION - Oroxylin A has been shown to improve the neural health by protecting the nerves from chemical damage and by improving the levels of BDNF.
This is what I read that made me buy this product Sabroxy that contains Oroxylin A. It is very strong and I started out with not even a quarter of a tablet I cut them up into pieces. I tried the smallest piece I could and waited for a couple hours to see how I felt.This also increases dopamine which can increase psychosis and maybe make schizophrenia a lot worse so once again consult with a psychiatrist is the best thing to do.
People use huperzine A to improve memory and mental function in people with Alzheimer disease or other types of dementia. It is also used for depression, schizophrenia, and many other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support these uses.
Dopabean supplement has l dopa in it and can worsen schizophrenia. symptoms mostly increase in psychosis. I also started out with about an eighth of the powder that was in the capsule. I pulled the capsule part and emptied out about 90% of it and put it back together for my first dose. I would never start out on a single capsule or pill or regular dose for my first time taking anything.
I wouldnāt of tried these unless I was completely stable. I take perphenazine an antipsychotic and nortriptyline an antidepressant and Abilify a antipsychotic and modafinal a narcolepsy drug that increases alertness.
I think these are the most powerful ones that help me but Iām no doctor. I also am responsive to my medicationās and also the supplements but everybodyās body is different just like medication and the supplements could make things worse or have no response and they are very expensive and could be a big waste of money.
Definitely something to talk to a psychiatrist about first
The medication that helped my negatives the most is a low-dose of Abilify at 7 mg per day. I responded well to it but everybodyās different and some hate it. It is a dose dependent medication somewhere around 15 mg it becomes a potent antipsychotic but under that it is mostly like an antidepressant. once again Iām not a doctor and even my doctor said that this isnāt understood by her About how it acts differently at different dosages.
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