What are positive schizophrenia symptoms

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“Schizophrenia has many negative symptoms and believe it or not there are positive symptoms also” I will first tackle the negative symptoms fo schizophrenia: Negative symptoms The term “negative symptoms” refers to redu…

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Good question. I found this web-site that I hope can answer your questions. In general, positive symptoms are things that are added that “normal” people do not experience. And negative symptoms are things that “normal” p…

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Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder. It is characterized by a faulty perceptual processing, so that the schizophrenic cannot perceive the world as it is and as it is perceived by normal people. He has trouble connecting thoughts logically…

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is it possible to suffer only the “positive” symptoms of schizophrenia?

Q: is it possible to suffer only the “positive” symptoms of schizophrenia?or would that be a different illness? or only a mild case?

A: Yes, you can suffer only the positive symptoms, but it’s possible that it is not schizophrenia, but psychosis (which schizophrenia is a part of). There are people who suffer delusions and hallucinations but not disorganization, however you will usually find that they have at least one negative symptom, like lack of hygiene or social withdrawal. And mild schizophrenia would be a relative term- only people who don’t have schizophrenia would call it mild, I think. What others would call mild is what appears to be less drastic, but the less dramatic looking people can be the least curable- the ones who eventually recede into themselves or become so mentally disorganized. There could be mild cases, but schizophrenia is degenerative, meaning that without treatment it almost always gets worse. I’m not mild, I’m sure.

Positive and negative symptoms for schizophrenia or any psychotic disorder?

Q: My question is can people who have schizophrenia be completely relieved of positive symptoms due to taking anti psychotics, but still have negative symptoms linger? In all my reading I haven’t found the answer. So if someone who knows could help me out it would be appreciated. Thanks.

A: Yes, absolutely. Residual Schizophrenia is designed as exactly that — absence of hallucinations and other positive symptoms, with some emotional withdrawal.

Do you find people accept the positive symptoms of schizophrenia (voices, delusions) more than the negative?

Q: (poverty of thought, lack of motivation, social isolation, blunting of emotions etc)Which symptoms do you suffer from?Wocco – i wonered who would leave the first tiresome comment they are deluded into thinking is “wit”Tuddy – there are what is called “positive” and “negative symptoms of schizophreia. Positive does not mean good in this sense, it means there is something there that isn’t there in normality. Negative symptoms take something away that is there in normality.

A: I worked with people diagnosed with schizophrenia for twenty years and my opinion is that although the ‘positive’ symptoms often cause the most distress initially it is the ‘negative’ symptoms which usually cause the most disability. Most people learn to live with and accept a certain degree of voice hearing, etc but the lack of motivation, difficulty concentrating and loss of social skills seriously affect their ability to live a ‘normal’ life. But how people are affected varies greatly, some are able to get back to work, etc whilst others just don’t seem to be able to get their lives back on track.