I hate having negative symptoms. Some days are worse than others and today has been bad. Makes me feel like a complete failure. Ugh
Can anyone relate?’
I hope you all are having a better day. I just have to start afresh tomorrow and hope for a better day!!
You are not a failure.
Im sorry you are feeling this way.
We are all here for you!
I find that with negatives it comes and goes to some extent. You need to have goals that make it impossible not to succumb to the negative symptoms. I try to maintain a routine that helps too!
You’re on a lot of meds. I was like that years ago. My negatives were horrible! my mood and depression and energy level sucked.
You’ll eventually get there. Maybe this new doctor might help you. High doses might help, but made me worse in a lot of areas. I also tried supplements.
I also recommend walking, and better nutrition. It works.
You aren’t a failure. Never think of it like that; sometimes just being alive is courageous when the alternative is to be delusional
just consider all the side effects of medicaiton we have to put up with? compared to someone who doens’t have schziphrenia - you’re fighting a lot harder
I can relate.
I had strong negs for the first 3 years of illness.
Meds do little for those symptoms.
I had lost faith and will to continue.
This forum, giving and getting advice and hearts kept me alive during those dark times.
@anon36577941 what do you exactly mean by supplements? Thanks when you would like to answer
I tried a lot of supplements. It was like a science experiment!
I’ve tried Sarcosine and like a dozen or more others. Currently, I am stable and doing great. Currently, I am taking just a multivitamin, Vitamin D3, and Fish Oil. My doctor(s) know and approve of it.
Supplements can be dangerous and one should probably inform their doctor first. They can also be super expensive and interact with other medication(s).
I suffered mainly from delusions, derealization/dissociation, and anxiety/panic attacks, and negative symptoms. I took supplements to help with my negative symptoms, which I thought were predominant and severe. I don’t hallucinate, probably never have in my opinion. But I don’t know. I denied it. I only seen stuff vividly like in nightmares and thought I was astral projecting somewhere or something like in another reality, but doctors say that’s not schizophrenia, but a sleep problem. 
Yes, I take Vraylar 6mg and Trintellix 10 mg currently with 60 mg of Cymbalta. I think I’m going off cymbalta. I’m currently seeing a new NP (Nurse Practioner). My last psychiatrist had bad bed side manner.
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