My Pdoc told me that my psychotic symptoms are relied to my mood.
She wanted to tell me that when I have a low mood, I also have delusions and so on.
So do you think I can firstly treat my mood symptoms and after that have a drop in Risperidone ?
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Psychotic symptoms are related in part to how stressed you are. As you get more stressed your positive symptoms increase. I have been able to get by with fewer symptoms and lower doses of medications by working to feel and be more positive.
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Thanks. It’s true that I feel much better when I’m not stressed or when I have few torments.
In the past, I had big psychotic events caused by death of loved ones for example or other significant episodes.
I just wonder if I can hope by having a good mood to have less delusions or anxieties related to schizophrenia. 
I think this is true. When I’m more stressed and thus lower mood, there’s more likelihood that my thoughts start to become weird and that my brain is more wired.
Are u still in psychotherapy?
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Yes I’m still in therapy, but I will look for a psychologist who would be more responsive. 
5 am… Time to go to bed.
See you later !
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I just got up. It is about 12 midnight and I slept four hours. Hopefully I’ll get back to sleep soon.
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There is such a thing called depression with psychotic features and bipolar with psychotic features maybe that’s what the doctor meant idk but yeah low mood can cause psychosis to worsen I do know that
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Oh !! thanks a lot ! I think this is what she was talking about.
I really hope I can take less risperdone and feel pleasure and motivation again !
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