One of the symptoms that I have seen over and over again in regards to SZ is depression; it seems to go and hand in hand with SZ. The funny thing is, I’m not depressed and haven’t been for some time. While I’m not complaining, I find it a bit odd. I’m actually pretty comfortable with my life.
Does anyone else feel this way?
Yeah im not depressed either just negative in my head🙉 Thanks to latuda, im happy and lazy!
I take Latuda too.
Are you constantly hungry?
Yes and I move my jaw every five minutes and have akathisia at night when I take it
I’m sza bipolar type, so some days I’m depressed some days I’m not… I’m a lot better than I was a year ago and am pretty comfortable with my life right now.
Oh my gosh. How do you deal with that? The swings must be unbearable.
Im so sorry! How many mg are you taking? Im on 80 but after therapy i want to decrease it lil bit. I never had akathisia, but i gained a couple pounds due to binge eating. Im dieting and able to control though but i starve myself because it makes me hungry. Maybe im restless and not realizing. I will also exercise. Geodon was an excellent med for me. But caused me insomnia. It works for a lot of people though
They’re bearable, I have a smile on my face everyday. Some days are tougher than others, but it’s manageable. I just know that in a day I have a lot of mood swings, and in a week I’ll have a bunch of other swings, and in a month I have two cycles… We learn how to deal, right?
I think of gotten to the point where my depression is like my shadow. It follows me everywhere and i just live with it. Ive become so used to it that it feels normal which is scary
Are you on any meds for it?
For depression no and ive taken lots of depression meds in the past. Ive found those meds make me a little more depressed. Im currently on a very low dose of zyprexa and im prescibed adderall for school related purposes as needed. I find the zyprexa helps a ton though. My philosophy on depression is a med won’t help only life situations. Maybe that philosophy is why they aren’t working for me
Yeah, I guess we do. It’s funny, when I hear other people’s symptoms, they just seem so difficult to me, but when I see my own, it just seems normal. I guess we just get used to our own demons.
So you can have several mood swings in a day? Are these mood swings generally internalized or can others tell when you are having them? I hope the questions aren’t too personal.
Isn’t it funny that they give you medications to treat a specific issue and on the side effects it can often say it causes that issue.
For example. I was on a medication for anxiety and right on the side effects it said it can cause anxiety. Ridiculous!
I know right! “Contact your doctor if your depression meds make you suicidial.” Like what the F. We really need to advance our prescription drugs instead of companies putting more money into marketing then r&d but thats a can of worms for another day
I prefer to say serious. I’m constantly fighting off light moods. I look at my life in retrospect and see a lot of tragic events in it. I have managed to stay in a constant stage of mourning. I gives me some certainty and is close to the truth of life anyway. I wouldn’t call it depression. It’s more like a constant gloomy mood that helps me understand other people better. As I say, it is closer to the truth than a comedic approach to life. It is also appropriate to the illness and its consequences for me as a human being.
Yep, several a day, I woke up stable today and had my manic period already, now I’m stable again. Maybe because it’s christmas depression is not creeping on me. I’ve been depressed the last two weeks, maybe depression got tired of me 
Yep, when I read others symptoms I always feel like that too. I used to read stuff and think I had it easy, then I came to this site and eventually by comparisson I get that I have a severe case of this. But I’m responding well to meds, no hallucinations, just one persistent delusion that I’m god. I’m willing to live with it, doesn’t bother me or hurts me or others so I guess it can just linger there… My mind makes up all these explanations that I dismiss.
Not saying that I don’t have bad days, sometimes I just hate it and I’m angry to be ill, but what can I do?
Suicide is not an option for me anymore.
I’ve gained 10 lbs on Latuda in two months. Sucks because it was supposed to be weight nuetral
Yeah me too about 10 pounds. Weight gain is part of the side effects along with loss of appetite. You need to fight it
Isn’t it strange that we know these delusions aren’t real, but we continue to have them affect our lives? I have always felt that people were watching me and trying to hurt me, but I know this is an irrational belief. I just can’t stop thinking this way though.