Tired of being in bed 24/7 for years. I feel like 90y.o. but I am only 31y.o. My blood tests showed that my muscles are dying, Dr told begged me to get out of bed but I can’t, I feel physically disabled catatonia like. I had catatonia off meds, meds just seem to slightly improve it like 10% improvement. I gained 160lb, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, high triglycerides, etc I will get a heart attack early. I am waiting for assisted suicide for sz it has already been legalized and the law will be in effect in less than 2yrs.
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Maybe I should try ECT.
I’m so sorry you’re going through this. It’s no way to live, but I really hope you will keep pushing for relief instead of assisted suicide.
Don’t hate me for suggesting it, but is there any way, when, you get up to go to the bathroom, you just stand out of bed for an extra minute, or just walk around the perimeter of your room? Just anything to delay going back to bed. On my bad days I go from my bed to my couch, and that’s the best I’ve got. But I always get out of my bed.
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It’s for depression. You’d have to research if ECT works for negative symptoms.
Edit: I just did a quick research for ECT and negative symptoms, and while they can use ECT for SZ, like meds, it still seems to tackle the positive symptoms rather than the negative ones.
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Once I am bed its impossible to get up unless I go eat or go to the bathroom.
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Right. That’s why I suggested you stay up for one extra minute before going back to bed. Or go from eating to the couch. Just change a teeny tiny bit, and see what that feels like.
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I can’t sit for long, I get abdominal pain. I need to laydown.
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So lay on the couch. 
Just a change of scenery…
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I can’t even live on my own, I live with my parents and they do everything for me, laundry, cooking, etc
Its not comfortable and I need to vape or I sleep, my parents only allow me to vape in my room.
Ok… is there anything you can think of that would change things just a tiny bit? Like I suggested, how about staying up or walking around for one minute after using the bathroom?
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I would rather have some positive symptoms than having extreme negative symptoms.
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Do you think it is negative symptoms or depression?
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Its negative symptoms, all my drs said so too. I was better on Abilify and bit better on Latuda. I don’t feel sad I just have apathy, 0 energy and 0 emotions.
I wish I had depression instead its much easier to treat, thers no meds for sz negative symptoms.
Is it your situation that makes you want suicide? What would you do if you could get out of bed?
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Not to derail your thread, but depression is not even close to easy to treat for some of us…
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I would go to the gym, work, hangout with friends daily. Go back to university, read books like novels, watch TV, movies, etc
Well thers treatments for depression but there is none for negative symptoms.
Maybe try one of those things. And yeah take low dose clozapine and accept some positive symptoms. You’ll have to use some cbt or something to deal with the positives tho cuz you won’t be on a strong enough dose to knock it out
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