All, avolition, apathy, self neglect, alogia, asociality, lack of hygiene, etc My parents force me to bath and I only bath once every 8 days.
I gained 170lb. I stay in bed all day everyday, only get up to eat. In bed I am either on this forum or sleeping. I live with my parents, they house me, feed me and bring my meds. I don’t help them in anything
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Do you have any psychotic symptoms?
No, not on Risperdal 4mg. Well they’re 90% gone because I get psychotic when seeing the news my father watch. Also from seeing horror and blood shows.
Do you see your psychiatrist often? It would be nice if you weren’t on risperdal… i gained 30 pounds in about two weeks on that. I got off it and the weight fell off. Also I dont believe you have poverty of speech. Typing and talking are the same thing, talking just takes more confidence… Not to overreach but I dont think you have poverty of speech i think you dont have enough confidence in yourself.
Try spending most of your day out of bed.
In real life I don’t talk, visitors come and try to talk to me I just ignore them or just say what they want to hear and then I go to my room
@anon67051439 how old are you if you don’t mind me asking?
My confidence is high, I have a degree in physiotherapy and easily speak infront of 30+ students. That was when I was on Abilify and before schizophrenia though. Self confidence doesn’t change.
Its the only med that worked for me without any serious side effects.
I am 30, I had voices since 15 y.o. and was diagnosed with schizophrenia at 20 y.o. after a nearly successful suicide attempt
@anon67051439 why is it then when I went through my first psychotic episode I lost all of my confidence, but overtime through trying my best have gotten alot of it back and its still a work in progress. You say confidence doesn’t change but it does my friend.
@anon67051439 everything negative you experience mental is that alone. Its mind over matter. But through practice the brain does change even in people with schizophrenia. You can strengthen your weaknesses through practice.
When i first got out of psychosis I thought my life was over. Now I know its only begun. I have come such a long way and know the death sentence I thought this illness was, was only a lie i believed.
Well it didn’t for me and everyone is different. Schizophrenia doesn’t change your personality, its not a personality disorder
@anon67051439, do you think all of the side effects you named above didn’t affect your personality? Just because its not a personality disorder doesn’t mean it doesn’t change you as a person. Including personality. Driven would be a personality trait. Well it sounds like you were pretty driven and now your not.
All I’m saying man is this illness is not an excuse to give up. Its an excuse to show how great you truly are. The odds are against us obviously. But that’s just a reason to get pissed off and try your damn hardest no matter the outcome
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Aziz I think Intermittent fasting will help you control it too… I do 20:4 … 20 hour fasting 4 hr eating window… for you it would be good to start with 16:8 16 hour fast 8 hour eating window… and not eat after 6 or 7… you can use the fastic app to time the fasting… and you can change the fasting window as you go along… this with smaller portions will help.
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How I see it is that medicated schizophrenia suppressed my personality but it didn’t change it. I didn’t become narcisstic, psychopath, sociopath, etc Without meds maybe it changes personality, I am not a psychiatrist.
I feel I don’t have a personality now because I have no emotions, apathy.
Unfortunately I get dizzy, shaky and irritable when hungry, Dr said I have prediabetes and I am taking Metformin.
That second paragraph was pretty inspiring. I just need to figure out how to get pissed off.
If ur lover was not shot I’d recommend hydroxy cuts it suppressed ur apatite with the caffine
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