Is it bad to play too much video games?

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I play everyday for 2-3hrs and today played 4hrs. Is it bad? I know its not productive but I can’t work or exercise due to sz so I have nothing else to do.

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When I was young I used to play 8h/day during weekends.

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Man you are really good at focusing. I envy you playing 2 h

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I understand the not working part but why cant you exercise because of SZ? Just curious.

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I barely have any energy to get out of bed. I am either in bed or on my gaming pc next to my bed. I feel physically disabled like Parkinson, idk if its low dopamine but thats what my pdoc told me that I have negative symptoms because I have low dopamine in motivation brain parts. If I take a dopamine supplement I can do bicycle and jogg outside for 2hrs but I get destabilized and positive symptoms plus anger issues. I also get horrible dopamine withdrawal after stopping the supplement, serious ones like flu symptoms and shivering, etc

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Thanks, I wish I could do something more productive like walking or exercising.

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@Aziz - Fair enough! I hope your symptoms improve.

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Thanks @TheCanuk

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I would like to say that the dopamine supplement has the same effect on me as reducing my AP dose so its useless unless I was stable off meds.

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I keep dreaming that one day I will be stable off meds and then take a med that helped my negative symptoms like Adderall or Ritalin to be like I was before sz. I will keep dreaming for long I guess as even 1mg less of risperidone is bad for me.

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My pdoc prescribed me Wellbutrin which incresses dopamine a bit so should usually help negative symptoms, it helped a bit but made positive symptoms worse. He said its safer than Ritalin and Adderall. Another pdoc wanted to prescribe me a real stimulant Modafinil but I refused as I am scared it will make my positive symptoms worse.

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I can barely play 5 minutes of a video game. I just have no motivation to play. I wish id be able to again. I used to like playing tony hawk and sega games

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Wanna trade my motivation to play video games with your motivation to work? :stuck_out_tongue:

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Haha i have no motivation for work either :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: just forced to go :sweat_smile:

I have motivation for biking though and i will not trade :rofl:

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My theory is we gravitate to our highest dopamine releasing activity.

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On Abilify I worked in a video games company but only lasted 1 month before I rage quit. They called me later and said where I was, I told them I quit to go back to university but it wasn’t true as I had already finished university lol I just thought saying university looked like a better reason to quit if they write it in my files lol

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I’ve been playing a lot recently. Probably 3-4h a day. It’s a distraction while my mind heals and i reintegrate back into society. It doesn’t trigger me either so it is a way for me to have fun without being upset.

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Scary games like zombies, Doom, Resident Evil, Gears 5, etc trigger me and traumatize me since sz. I can’t play scary games. Same for scary and horror movies.

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I think its a really good thing to be able to play games for that long its a great escape and brings good memories

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Yea, my parents get mad at me for staying all day in my room and never getting outside the house or exercising.

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