Posted by Chinaboy on February 13, 2015, at 0:39:29
In reply to Re: Depression vs. 'negative' psychotic symptoms » Chinaboy, posted by Tomatheus on February 12, 2015, at 10:37:40
> Chinaboy,
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> I know that in my case, antipsychotics generally worsen my problems with energy, concentration, and oversleeping to intolerable levels, although I've found a low dose of Abilify to be tolerable. >
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From my experience, low-to-medium dose of antipsychotics would improve rather than worsen those problems if they are truly negative symptoms. To know whether or not you have negative symptoms, we can do the guesswork based on the way in which a person manages his life. Take my life as an example, I'm 32， but unemployed, never know what it feels like to be loved or to love somebody, still rely on parents for a lot of things like a 5-year-old kid. There are many other typical negative symptoms manifested on me and my life fits typically into that of a withdrawn psycho. In your case, I don't feel you have negative symptoms just with energy and concentration problems only.>I've tried most antidepressants, and although some of them relieved some of my symptoms in the short run, none seemed to be helpful in the long run. >
>That is suggestive of a bipolar tendency??????So adding a small dose of Lamictal might help??????
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