Posted by ronaldo on December 16, 2006, at 12:44:15
I suffer from the negative symptoms of schizophrenia namely:
affective flattening, alogia, apathy, AVOLITION and social withdrawal. Am I right in saying that these symptoms are caused by a dopamine deficit in certain areas of the brain? "Reduced dopamine concentrations in the prefrontal cortex are thought to contribute to attention deficit disorder and negative schizophrenia." [Wikipedia] Am I also right in saying that Zyprexa is a dopamine antagonist? IOW is Zyprexa helping to maintain my negative schizophrenia symptoms by starving my brain of dopamine?My dx is bipolar disorder in remission but most pdocs thought I was question mark schizoaffective disorder. One doctor was unconvinced that I was bipolar and unconvinced that I was schizoaffective. I just wish I could clear my brain of the Zyprexa and make a new start.
I ask all you educated people, with tears in my eyes, please lend me your attention. I need to find out what is wrong with me. I only see the pdoc once in every three or four months and then only for fifteen minutes. I have to take control of my illness myself. I have only my gratitude and good will to offer in return.
....ronaldo
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