In your opinion what is the worst / hardest to manage negative symptom of SZA or SZ and why? What do you find to be the easiest symptom?
Avolition is the worst for me.
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I agree. I find the emotional flatness and lack of expression the easiest to deal with, seems to bother others more than myself.
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110% agreed
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Avolition for me too
It’s hard for me. When I’m off of my meds, I feel like a World Beater. When med-compliant I feel like I am just coasting through life.
That’s my conflict…I’m either ‘off the rails’ or I’m ‘Marvin mellow fellow’.
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My worst symptom is not wanting to do anything… No easy symptom…
I did not mean to sat that there was an easy symptom as we all there isnt. Just easiest to deal with on a personal level when compared to the other symptoms.
Avolition for me too.
Anhedonia for me. Even if I manage to do something, I never get pleasure from it. Like painting, taking a walk with the dog, swimming, sex, food, movies, playing games etc.
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For me it is avolition
Same as @Comatose, I find my anhedonia to be seriously disturbing. Avolition is annoying too, but somewhat less.
I have lost my desire to make music.
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Lack of motivation (avolition) is the worst by far
The easiest?.. dunno, maybe numbness of emotion?
Nothing’s easy about negative symptoms!
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At the moment the worst for me is something I don’t even know is a negative symptom. I have no thoughts. Maybe it is poverty of thoughts or thought blocking.
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Anhedonia then avolition - Anhedonia first because of my kids and spouse - I need the enjoyment back, the emotion. I miss out on feeling them like I am just coasting here in life with no purpose and no meaning so what is the point.
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The severe anhedonia; turned my life into a prison. The easiest would be loss of emotions cuz I had that early on and it didn’t cripple me like anhedonia did.
Anhedonia. And avolition. And also flat affect
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Avolition. Easiest I don’t know. Can’t remember.
Yes turtle, poverty of thought is counted as negative symptom. I struggle with that too…