have u tried abilify…it gave me motivation to create stuff. and im enjoying life more. i still dont shower or clean or stuff but i feel better.
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I have a drag 2
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Are you only on Abilify? I was on it for 8yrs but wasn’t very stable mentally, shopping and sex addictions, anger issues, etc I told my Dr the FDA said these can be caused by Abilify and he agreed to stop it, no more of these problems now on risperidone
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There are no meds for negatives. If there were, all of us would be on them.
I think you’re brain will recover from negatives but it takes time. I was diagnosed ten years ago and didn’t see improvement until these past recent few years.
You are looking for the magic bullet. I hate to tell you this but there isn’t none.
My only advice is to change meds. Risperidone is a sucky drug. It made me severely depressed.
Have you tried olanzapine? It’s a better drug imo.
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yes ive been on abilify for probably 4 months now or something. i think i am more interested in spending money. but i seem to be more interested in a lot of things and its not at the point its too bad, i dont have much money to spend anyway.
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That’s what my dr told me too. I keep wanting to be like before sz but its impossible my dr told me. I was full psychotic on 15mg olanzapine, Dr wanted to try 30 and 40mg I said no as it made me gain tons of weight, I was eating daily 8 fried eggs with 3 big pitas.
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have u tried an antidepressant? my doctor told me if someone is bothered by their lack of motivation, lack of pleasure then its depression and that if it doesn’t bother them then its negative symptoms.
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I gained 30kg on olanzapine but it leveled out. I seem to weigh 100kg and don’t gain more than that.
You probably need rest dealt from the damage psychosis does. But it takes time.
How long have you been sick?
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I tried wellbutrin its an atypical AD that doesn’t work on serotonin like ssris but on dopamine and norepinephrine but it made my psychosis worse, mean voices and mean thoughts. He refused to prescribe me ssri ADs or ECT as he thinks I don’t have depression.
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I was dxd in 2011. I have no positive symptoms now on 6mg risperidone
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have u tried any diet changes? if it is depression causing the symptoms maybe that could help.
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Yes I am doing a diet eating healthy and doing intermittent fasting. I lost 41kg so far, was 148kg
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How long have you been on risperidone?
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congratulations thats great
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Since 2020 but I was first put on risperidone in 2011 but it made me sleep all day and my eyelid was twitching so he switched me to Abilify on which I stayed 8yrs.
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What meds are you on?
edit oh i think olanzapine
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It’s only been 3 years you being stable. You need more time to recover.
Negs do improve. As I said it takes time. The only thing that helped me was a lot of sleep. And staying away from any dopamine inducing drug. I used them all and they only fu-cked me up.
It’s good that you are living with your family and that you exercise when you can. I was a mess when I had my break. I live alone but my mother visits me from time to time. I couldn’t do anything by myself!
We are all stuck on the same boat here Aziz. You are not alone. With that I want to say it’s good you are thinking of improving. But as I said earlier it takes time and you are still young. You will get better!
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