how do you fight this negative symptom. The meds lave me feeling unsocial and untalkative. How do I fight it.
Gabapentin helped my social anxiety and it caused me to talk more too
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@jimbob…what is gabapentin
Think it’s brand name is Neurotin. It is an anticonvulsant which is also used for nerve pain. I got it when I slipped a disc and was in pain.
Anyway it got rid of the nerve pain but also made me very socially confident and more willing to talk. I had not expected this. In fact it is sometimes not used in bipolar folk as it sometimes causes hypomania. Anyway I didn’t want to stop this medicine when my back got better.
My pdoc had no experience with this med so he made me sign a waiver and I was good to go. I never want to come off this med.
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Yes, this medication Gabapentin (Neurontin) does have the odd side effects of making the person talk excessively at times and also makes them much more sociable. I think that these side effects are caused by the medications ability to diminish most all unjustifiable paranoid feelings even of strangers to the level of that of a very young child who is very trusting of others. I was also prescribed it originally to block the nerve pain in my back. It is non-narcotic or addictive in any way and it does do a good job in reducing the level of pain caused by nerve damage.
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Hmmm… don’t like the sound of that.
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I wouldn’t blame the medication for your asociality. It comes with the SZ. I don’t have any answer for you.
I don’t try to fight it, its just the way i am on meds. My only solution for this is to get off the meds and thats what i’m working on which is going to take a number of years.
What doesn’t sound right about it? I’ve been using this medication for several years now. Have you ever used it?
I don’t want my trust level to be that of a trusting child. It’s a nasty grown up world out there.
I stated that it diminishes “most” unjustifiable" paranoid feelings of others and compared it to the lack of paranoia of others to that level seen in a young child. I like to use analogies to explain things so that they are better understood.
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I would accept myself for the way I am.
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Sounds a little TOO far down left field for me. What i have can be a strength OR a weakness. The key is also in education about how it affects us so we can physically and mentally work to overcome and overpower our lesser qualities.