Is it possible for someone who has been suffering long term from depression (17 years) to be actually suffering from negative symptoms of schizophrenia?
The person concerned does not have hallucinations, visual or auditor . Has never had them.
2007-07-27 21:34:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
I never heard of anyone being diagnosed with schizophrenia without having hallucinations or delusions (the positive symptoms).
2007-08-04 13:43:42 · answer #1 · answered by majnun99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're talking about depression lasting 17 years so I'm guessing that the person would have to be about 30. Most schizophrenics show symptoms in their late teens or early 20's. The symptoms of the disease are hallucinations of some sort.
Some schizophrenics complain of feeling flat. The technobabble name for that is "negative affect" and it is harder to treat than depression.
2007-08-04 10:43:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have been suffering from post partum depression for the past one year when I gave birth to a baby boy. I couldn't stop thinking about how my husband loves him more than me and how things might be better if he wasn't born at all. Thus, I stayed away from him because I knew that I might do something I will regret for the rest of my life.
Almost instantly I went to a therapist and convince them that I need help. Among other things, I've tried herbal supplements and other book to treat depression but nothing works like the Depression Free Method. So now I'm proud to say I'm one of the happiest mother in the world. My husband loves us both very much and I thank the Lord for the blessing he gave us.
Depression Free Method?
2016-05-16 16:34:37 · answer #3 · answered by Evelyn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What are the symptoms of schizophrenia that you are referring to then?
2007-08-03 13:59:09 · answer #4 · answered by Fruit Loops 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"useful" warning signs are basically necessary to diagnose the paranoid and hebephrenic ("disorganized") subtypes (and in the latter, the only "useful" symptom is loosening of institutions). certainly, common schizophrenia demands all "destructive" warning signs.
2016-09-30 23:01:48 · answer #5 · answered by dorthy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to be a schizophrenic but now I'm fine
(and that goes for the both of us)
2007-07-28 03:43:59 · answer #6 · answered by KEN W1953 2 · 2⤊ 7⤋