I still have poverty of speech, apathy, avolition, anhedonia, and asociality. I also still can’t shave and shower every day and I don’t always want to brush my teeth or clip my nails enough. I have to force myself to brush my teeth every night.
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Not so bad anymore 
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It used to be bad. Hallucinations, delusions, dissociation, no ability to even attempt a conversation, no hygiene, no motivation, slept all day, etc.
I’ve worked a lot on improving it.
I rarely hear voices, no hallucinations, my motivation has increased, I sleep less, I socialize on a normal level, and I shower regularly.
I even have a full time job!
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I got rocked by it when I was a teen, but that’s 20 years ago now. It fluctuates in my case. Stress and anxiety make it worse for me. I’ve had a bad couple of days here, but that’s because I was under enormous stress from moving.
Great job @Pikasaur! I’m happy for you! 
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Any psychosis is severe. Once you lose touch with reality that’s it.
I have had lots of set backs, but I still try the best I can given the situation.
I would prefer a topic that asks about how well have you recovered, and how did you do it.
Comparing severity is not really a useful exercise.
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I still have negative symptoms but I’m fairly free of positives (which were never very serious in the first place which gives me grounds for doubting my diagnosis).
My sza is about moderately severe.
At moment my positive symptoms mild and negative symptoms moderate.
Off meds positive symptoms moderate and negative symptoms (and depression) severe.
Terrible and getting worse everyday I’m effin scared
Pretty mild right now. Only thing stopping me from working is my arthritis. Have to figure that out.
Mines OK. I’m doing better than I have in a long time. Will start working in October
Obviously not perfect but OK.
Awful. A voice runs through my brain telling me I hate my life and I should die. I feel like I’m hanging on by my nails.
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Not as severe- plus I do not have schizophrenia.
I get depressed really often and that really sucks. I hate it.
It used to be very severe when i was in my 20s,not so bad these days!
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are you referring to someone in particular,like someone on this website.
No. Why?..
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im sorry but i felt like what you saying resonated with me.people think im an actor or that people think im a smartass.but the think is i grew up in many different countries and suburbs,i come of sounding crazy.but its just my language and my mental ilness that make people think that way.
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Hey @Aziz friend im day 3 of minocycline 50 mg
its supposed to kick in after 3 days, but maybe my dose is too low, I will have to update
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I’d say my schizoaffective is mild to very mild. Minor positive symptoms . Slightly less minor negative symptoms .
Cognitive symptoms: Good in parts.but bad in others. Hard to separate how much is ASD related and how much sz-a related. How I am on the forum is a poor indicator of how well I do off it
I have treatment resistant schizophrenia. In the past i had severe negatives. Now they are almost gone. I have severe positives
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