Idk if I should still have hopes for Vraylar and Caplyta if they reach here. My negative symptoms were better on Abilify but not as good as before my diagnosis eventhough I still had negative symptoms 2yrs before my diagnosis.
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Yeah, my doctor gave me the option to try Vraylar. It might be worth it to try switching for me too.
I would think that eventually Canada will approve Vraylar and you at least will be able to try it. I don’t know that much about Caplyta.
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Before my sz diagnosis I thought my negative symptoms were depression and I saw several Drs, they all said I have nothing wrong, one sent me to a psychologist and thought I was being a hypochondriac.
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It’s not just that I can’t enjoy things like TV and movies, my cognitive impairment means I can’t even follow them. I can watch a movie and have no idea what it was about, let alone enjoy it.
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Yeah, they ask these standard questions at the pdocs office everytime that are suppose to be a measure of how depressed you are , questions like “do you have little pleasure in doing things” and they always give me a diagnosis of mild or moderate depression too but I don’t believe that. I just have negatives. My pdoc has had me on antidepressants before and they didn’t make a difference.
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I think the things that I really enjoy now are music, food and vaping nicotine.
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Do you enjoy these @Bowens
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Hahah, yeah I like food and cigarettes…one makes you fat and contributes to diabetes and the other has all kinds of health risks.
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What about music?
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Nah, not really. Of course, I haven’t really tried in awhile.
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I still find music enjoyable but not as much as before sz where I was able to dance on it lol
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I guess I can get into a tune once in awhile…I occasionally listen to something. Maybe I should try this more.
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Crank up the volume!
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Boy @Ale has been typing on this thread for like ten minutes. Must be one hell of a response…
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I find tackling thing for “interests” rather than “ pleasure” helps
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I have anhedonia as well caused by the APs I think. Could be the schizophrenia.
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It’s cortisol that causes anhedonia
“Several brain scan studies have correlated high cortisol levels with symptoms of major depression disorder (like anhedonia) [4]. Although it serves as part of the fight or flight response, continually high levels of cortisol shrink parts of the brain responsible for emotional processing. A by-product is lower serotonin (the chemical in most anti-depressants) and dopamine”
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I experience pleasure sometimes, but there are a lot of times when I am just flat.
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It really gets to me when my grandbabies come for a visit and I can’t seem to get into it the way my sister does. I just am not enjoying the time the way I should be.
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I have awful avolition and anhedonia symptoms brought on by my meds and depression.
Don’t think I have schizophrenia.
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