During the previous winter, I passed all the time laying on bed, doing nothing, feeling hopeless, listless, dead. I was always saying “I am doomed.meds fix positives not negatives. There’s no hope for me.”
But now I have energy, I have no negatives, I walk every night, I have emotions again etc.
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I swim every day. I live on the beach
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Water is good for nerves
Soo your saying it will pass? Currently dealing with this severely
I don’t know for every case. But in my case, negatives are gone. Maybe they will come back, but now I only have positives. You?
that’s good news.
I was quite depressed when I got suspensions on here,
and after getting rejected from Facebook admin,
but typically my AD takes care of that.
I deal with lack of motivation, flat affect, and taking care of myself.
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I hope I can get out of bed too. I got out of depression, but now I lack motivation
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That’s awesome news @Om_Sadasiva! It happens to me too. My sza tends to be cyclical - relapse then remission then relapse and so on.
I’m in a good stable place at moment. In the last year I was in hospital three times (every four months) and now been out of hospital for six months.
My chronic depression has lifted since I’ve been taking Lamotrigine 150mg along with my AP’S
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Very happy for you. Good to hear that it can, and often does, get better.
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My negative symptoms are ingrained in me and part of my belief system.
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Excellent news.
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Yeah, it’s possible to get better.
I had negative symptoms for 2 years and they were severe. I was afraid of talking to other people here in the forum. I was afraid of talking even to my siblings. I couldn’t get out of my bed. I felt as if I was bearing a bag full of rocks on my back. I had no emotions and barely could smile or cry. I felt empty and thinking about suicide too much.
After 2 years, I got better and I can talk to people and make friends. I can go out to nightclubs with my friends and participate in work projects. I’m energetic (still lazy) and I can cook my own food and do physical exercises. I still have some depression but it’s another story.
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I’m so happy to hear you’re getting relief from your negatives! I bet you have a LOT more energy now that you’re coming off all those megadoses!
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I taper off slowly. I still take high doses, but we decreased zyprexa, from 40mg to 20mg.
Gradually we will quit all those meds. I can’t wait
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I figured you were tapering. You can’t just crash off those high doses you were on. If it were me, I would probably need to do it inpatient! I hope it goes well for you, it must be a huge relief.
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If I quit abruptly, there’s the danger of rebound psychosis
I find negatives are most severe a few months after psychosis and then gradually get better, they also oddly enough got a bit better when my dosage was lowered
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I’m glad you’re doing better! 
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