So I thought I was doing pretty good, I was looking forward to going to my friends for the weekend cause I thought being at my parents house was what was making me feel this way, but nope, just speechless the entire time at my friends. Was still at a complete loss for words, thoughts, opinions. Couldn’t start a single conversation. It was all on her. I can’t ■■■■■■■ stand it… I want my old thoughts back. I feel like I dont even have any now.
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Did you recently have a psychotic break. I got poverty of speech or whatever the fancy word for it is after my psychotic break. It comes back but it takes a while. At least that is how it was with me.
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I have a really hard time making friends myself. I also feel pretty awkward during social occasions. All you can really do is try to make chit chat. Sorry to hear it sounds like you were having a hard time doing that. Maybe you should talk to your pdoc about being unable to talk and he can prescribe you something.
Try to stay positive.
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I have so many thoughts that my head becomes a jumbled up mess and I often do not know what to say. It is hard to deal with sometimes. The fact that you went to your friend’s place is good though, in that you were willing to go in the first place. I would talk to the pdoc about these things and don’t give up on yourself.
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I had a psychotic break 9 or 10 months ago… Thought it was getting better but apparently not. How long would you say it took before it started getting better?
Around 1.5 to 2 years. I wish I could say it was sooner. I noticed a change gradually. Just keep trying to push your mind. I think our brains get damaged during psychosis. I believe reading that somewhere. It takes a while for our brains to heal.
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Yeah, tried making chit chat. it’s just annoying when all you can come up with is half assed responses. And I’ve brought it up with my prescriber… Multiple times but they don’t seem to think anything of it. I’ll try complaining about it again…
Yeah I believe I read that somewhere as well, it certainly feels damaged that’s for sure. But good to know, I’ll be patient
It’s hard when the doctor doesn’t seem to listen. Maybe you could try Sarcosine? That is supposed to help with negative symptoms. I read an article on Glycine that my therapist gave me and it’s supposed to help with those kinds of symptoms.
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Have you tried Sarcosine? I have been wondering if I should once I get the wage to do so.
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Here is a web link to an article on nutritional solutions to mental health problems.
Besides Sarcosine (N-methyl Glycine) it recommends a supplement called VegEPA.
My therapist wants me to try both Sarcosine and VegEPA because she read this article.
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Never tried sarcosine or heard of it it @SnowTiger @SP2342 nice you both suggested it lol I’ll have to read up on it
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I like your name by the way @SnowTiger
Thank you! I like your name too.
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My head was absolute empty on the Haldol shots, 75mg every 2 weeks.
I mean Zero, Nada, Nothing, Hollow, Zip.
There was nothing when there was formerly too much.
I begged to get off the shots, but,
I asked to be put back on 10 mg daily, which was ok, then we dropped it to 5 mg daily, which I rather liked and stuck with longer than any other Rx.
The head began filling up with things to share shortly after. 
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See, and then I don’t know if it’s the meds making me feel this way.
What meds are you on?
its called Invega, now that I think about it I think my prescriber wrote this problem off as something to do with my meds…
But I just feel so brain dead it’s crazy to think it’d be caused by them
Haldol shots did it to me, but the pills didn’t, I actually liked the pills.
I never gave the inside of my head much thought before meds, I just thought everyone was the same as me, an endless running of observing,questioning, wanting, learning…just busy 24/7.
Then the haldol shots, 7 months into them, every 2 weeks, and it surprised me how…empty my head had gone. Quiet.
Silent. Still.
My (ex) husband was used to me always being ‘noisy’ but then one day he yelled for my niece to go find me (we were at his shop) because he hadn’t heard me for a few hours and thought I might have 'wandered off.'
She laugh because I was sitting right behind him in a chair playing on the computer the whole time.
I mean my head was like a faucet that someone had turned off.
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