CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that there is consistent evidence for a significant relationship between deficit syndrome and more severe cognitive impairment in schizophrenia.
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Olfaction? Hmmm I’ve never had a good nose.
Verbal fluency has been somewhat affected.
Social cognition seems to be intact.
Speed-based cognition? I’m not sure how I can measure that, but my reaction time when playing trivia is still good.
whats deficit schizophrenia?
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thanks @firemonkey
oh i definitely fall in this “deficit” category (dominant negative symptomatology says my psychiatrist)
and i do have certain cognitive problems especially when it comes to verbal fluency
i had above the average iq (and no problems with fluency whatsoever) when my illness begun
and than i think my cognition started to deteriorate
however i believe those problems are improving with years of therapy and resocialization (cant know for sure)
for example my executive functioning has improved (i can plan now a little better and make decisions more easily)
anyway interesting reads these two articles
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I’m weird, I’m at maybe 80% of what I was before sz, so I can go to school still since I was pretty bright before sz. The only negative symptoms I remain with is alogia or reduced spontaneous elaboration. It may also be a cognitive symptom, reduced verbal fluency. When I’m writing my thoughts are coherent but during conversation I am totally unable to express myself. I really hate it, it makes me feel so stupid and incapable to not be able to get my point across.
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