I have really bad negative symptoms. I have low motivation, flat effect, anhedonia, blunted emotions, poverty of speech, and I have a really hard time showering, changing clothes, brushing my teeth, cleaning my room, laundry, etc. I have a nagging suspicion that my negative symptoms are side effects of my Invega Sustenna 234 mg shot. Everybody including my pdoc tells me these are just negative symptoms of sz. But I just really think the meds are making me like this. Anyone else think this way?
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They ARE a part of SZ, but I believe APs can make them worse in some cases.
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APs really do make them worse. My pdoc says my negatives are worse because of the meds but would i prefer psychosis? So i try to get past the negatives the best i can.
I think it is part of Schizophrenia. I have to force myself to do things if I want them done. It’s tough!
@Skatchatoon I’m also thinking the Invega Trinza is making the negative symptoms worse. I’m trying Abilify Maintena the next time it’s injection time.
I think it’s the drugs. On risperidon I really, really struggled to shower, go out etc. But when I came off the drugs all that disappeared. Now Im on abilify, and there is a bit of demotivation, but it is much better than the risperidon.
I also wonder whether the drugs are permanently altering us.
I’m bipolar and started hearing loud voices. I never had problems before risperidone, now I have anhedonia, motivation problems, poor memory, hate showering, and poverty of speech.
Im not on aps but my negative symptoms are still rough
But I feel like the negatives are almost as bad as the psychosis. Almost. It still beats hearing voices and thinking I’m possessed by demons.
I try really hard but can’t seem to force myself to do things like shower.
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I really wish I could do abilify. It made me feel extremely anxious when I took it.
It has been shown that APs can shrink your brain. So I’d say yes they are altering us in a bad way. Still beneficial but it really sucks.
The thing I hate the most is the low motivation and poverty of speech. I’ve always been quiet but never this quiet.
Well maybe that’s proof it is just the sz that’s causing it.
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I really believe AP’s do make them worse.
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They can make them worse. My doctor took me off seroquel specifically for that reason and tried another AP on me.
How come not on aps? Are you stable enough? Are you considered recovered?
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I know man, just try your best and if you can’t then take a break, but don’t quit.
You still going to school?
Yes I finished last semester with good grades. But I had 2 online classes so I only had 2 classes I needed to show up to. This coming semester I have 4 classes to show up to and with my negatives I don’t think I’m going to be able to do it and I want to take the semester off instead but I don’t know if my mom wants to let me.
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