Negative symptoms

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Did your dose reduce over time?

Okay, I was doing horrible at the beginning and I had an extremely poor prognosis. I had given up hope (well, medical professionals took my hope from me), and I was very suicidal. Came close to snuffing myself on a few occasions. What saved me was AA. I had joined AA because of my alcoholism shortly before the SZ hit. Now the thing about AA members, they don’t care what other problems you have. If you’re a drunk, they’re there for you. And they’ll drag you out and make you keep doing things. They kept me going when I would have completely shut down. Most importantly, it was AA that gave me hope again. From Alcoholics Anonymous, Chapter Five: How it works: “There are those, too, who suffer …

CBD as monotherapy for schizophrenia

Side-effects can eventually be overcome with time and practice. Getting moving and staying moving is more a matter of developing habits than medication. I can be dead tired and still keep going when most normies would crawl back into bed. My ongoing recommendations for the best possible recovery are as follows: Take meds as directed. Stick with them long enough to give yourself time to adjust to side-effects. Be completely open and honest with treatment providers. Hide nothing. Take advantage of whatever therapy is offered or you can afford. If nothing else, do related workbooks. CBT. Get access to it if you can, get some workbooks and put together your own program if your means are limi…