I just can’t seem to get over it, my expression is extremely restricted and it never gets better.
Has anyone else dealt with alogia and gotten better or are these negative symptoms for life.
I just can’t seem to get over it, my expression is extremely restricted and it never gets better.
Has anyone else dealt with alogia and gotten better or are these negative symptoms for life.
I suffer from this big time. There was a time when it got better, but now it’s bad again. Its easier if the conversation is something I’m actually interested in.
I was just thinking tonight that although I still have psychotic episodes if I don’t take medicine. My flat affect and restricted emotion completely healed up after a few years. So basically it can go away. You may have other symptoms that become more prominent but my negative symptoms went away with time.
It gets better. Keep on going
I have a question, I’ve never had alogia and this seems odd to me… If you can’t talk, how can you type? Doesn’t the brain process words the same typing as talking?
I can type because there is no spontaniety involved, so i am not pressured to talk quickly. Who knows, maybe it takes me twice as long to type as it takes you, you aren’t here watching me produce the words.
My brother on the phone has remarked how little I have to say. I’m not much of a phone guy anyway. It’s hard though when he wants to keep on talking and I’m just trying to follow what he’s saying and have so little to say myself, the response just isn’t there, and I doubt he understands what I’m going through with these “negative” symptoms.
I have very little to say to others especially people that I don’t know well.
It could be Alogia I’m not sure.
I was having a bad episode around my mother yesterday. Couldn’t really say much. Maybe if you get more exercise it’ll help your brain heal.
I’ve suffered with alogia for 17 years. Since I was 8 year old. It’s all I’ve known. The meds started helping about 5 months, like they were said so to. Good things will come to you.
You got on the abilify maintena injection if i am correct. How are you doing now the past several months in terms of alogia? Do you still have periods where you can’t speak? I always remain with alogia.
Speech has improved. Words just come easily now. It’s very rare for me to have nothing to say (knock on wood). Yeah it is something that won’t get better unless you’ve found the right medication for it. Because I tried everything when I had alogia. I tried changing my personaility to be more outgoing which I in fact did, but that didn’t help alogia. People always said to me, “Why dont you say a word?” well you physically are unable to. It’s literally a basic part of human functioning that when illness hits, is a great loss.
You could try enunciation exercises or see a speech therapist.
It helps mask it. I get flat voice and lack expression.
The part of the brain that processes writing is different from the area that processes speech. And, interestingly, another different part of the brain is responsible for singing. I knew a guy with an incurable stutter who couldn’t get a single sentence out. So he coped by singing anything important. He could sing beautifully and clearly for as long as he wanted. I also have had tons of students who were completely nonverbal, but who could type to communicate. And yet another different part of the brain is responsible for sign language. Hey @eduvigis, have you tried singing or sign language?
I don’t know how severe you’re alogia is, but if you can’t speak at all you might qualify for a free assistive device. Then you could just type out your thoughts, and it would do the speaking for you. There are also several iPad apps such as proloquo2go that do the same thing.
I struggled with poverty of speech during middle school when I was depressed. My ability to make conversation didn’t recover fully until college…but it did recover. I found what helped me was constantly being exposed to social interaction and working with people. However I don’t have sz, I have depression w psychotic features so it may be different for you.
I’m not bad in writing, but my vocabulary totally leaves me in speech. It’s infuriating. I struggle to say the simplest things, and have to talk so slowly. Many times I just have no idea how to say something and so I just frustradedly keep my mouth shut.