Why sz negative symptoms cause fatigue?

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I have no energy to do things, I lay in bed most of the time everyday vaping and listening to music. Sometimes I play video games on my pc next to my bed for a bit. I think its the meds as I wasn’t like that while on Abilify. Don’t say therapy as it didn’t increase my energy and just made me depressed due to repeated failure of doing what the therapist was asking.

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Antipsychotics are major energy drainers

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Maybe because voices are there and affect you and your energy

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Yea true but I am crazy without them. I have no choice other than taking them.

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I have no voices or positive symptoms, just severe negative symptoms

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But dont that crazyness go away if you for example sit down on the floor and collect your self?

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Well clearly simething affects your energi but what? Mystery

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Sadly no it justs gets worse the more I go without meds ending up with cops bringing me to mental hospital or even jail. I become violent after a while and suicidal saying crazy things

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Ok. That sucks tough.
Could you not control it if that meant going without antipsychotics?

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same thing happens to me without aps but im working full time for last two years

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Yea I know everyone reacts differently to meds. My psychiatrist told me that just some patients develop negative symptoms from meds. He talked about the discovery of antipsychotics and how some patients were not functional in society even with meds.

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I took extra ziprasidone yesterday and that made me more tired.
I think the ap meds cause fatigue in higher dose.

Some caffeine helps.

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Yea caffeine helps a bit but when I go over 2 cups/day it makes me irritable and nervous.

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When i came back home on aps ( couldnt come home untreated) I just sat around playing ps4 but my dad made me go on an hour long walk with him each day.

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Thats good. I can’t walk outside but I walk in the house sometimes. Sometimes I do up to 8000 steps/day in the house.

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Thats good. if you like listening to music find some uptempo songs you like and try running on the spot.

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There are so many antipsychotic drugs. Probably, there are options out there that cause less sedation and/or negative symptoms.

-Albert.

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Its depressing being on antipsychotics.
I felt much better without them. PSychosis? I call it sweet delight

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