Posted by hgi698 on June 22, 2006, at 16:28:41
In reply to Re: Prothiaden, posted by ed_uk on June 22, 2006, at 14:39:48
Not having anything to say is a symptom of negative schizophrenia. I think it's referred to as alogia. How quickly you can talk is known as verbal fluency. It seems to be related to a deficit of functioning in the prefrontal cortex of the d1 receptors. If you have other negative symptoms like emotional blunting, apathy, attention deficit all these symptoms are related. Glycine 30 grams to 60 grams a day has been shown to allievate these symptoms. It's an amino acid and is fairly safe. You can order it fairly cheaply at iherb.com. I don't know if you have any of those other symptoms, but I do. I have a real problem with thinking about anything to say to people. I tried glycine and it made me feel worse, but it could work for you. I am not schizophrenic. Right now i take adderall, mirtazapine and buspirone all increase dopamine in the prefrontal cortex and seem to help somewhat. I am still not able to hold much of a conversation with anyone though so this isn't a success story.
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