Thank you… I have read that a person may not really have schizophrenia with negative symptoms (psychiatrict disease) but may have Parkinson's Disease (neurodegenerative disease). They say the former cannot be treated. Im worried for a friend Im reading about his condition. He was diagnosed with Schizophrenia with Negative Symptoms and it's really making him depressed. He is perfectly normal for me and to all of his friends but his knowledge of this diagnosis may destroy him.. Help us please.

If I was given a choice, I would DEFINITELY prefer the Parkinson's, because stem cell treatments for Parkinsons are developing rapidly. stemcellspuhua.com/s31.html.

Schizophrenia is much more difficult to treat.

Neither are 'better to have'. how can you even ask that?!

It is called simple schizophrenia, it is very difficult to treat, but so are negative symptoms of any psychotic disorder, it is also hard to get any help from anybody.

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.

Yes, schizophrenics often only receive treatment for positive symptoms. Some anti-psychotics such as clozapine, risperdal, and olanzapine are good for both.

I hear voices and have been on several AP meds. I'm not sz but have had many of the same symptoms. Hearing voices can bring out paranoia and negativity.

AP meds can help with a lot of symptoms. Although every meds effects everyone differently. sometimes while on these meds the symptoms will come and go. I personally don't think they will stop every symptom. I'm in a support group for people who hear voices and many of the members are sz. they might have some days that are better then others and as the get older they learn how to cope with the bad ones and not give in to them. I also think that sz symptoms changes throughout a persons life.

Hope that helped and made some sense.

Take care

It does happen. sometimes, negative symptoms can take a little while longer to respond to medication.

The cause of the disease is still observed up to now because it is still not known exactly what causes a chemical imbalance in the brain. “the cause of the imbalance is not clearly known. Trigger of schizophrenia also can vary, and some even do not know the trigger, “says Meri.

So far, it is accepted that some combination of factors may trigger schizophrenia, like genetics or hereditary factors, for example. if one family member had experienced schizophrenia, it is not impossible that this disease will also appear on other family members. Other factors are such as pre-birth conditions, social environment, the use of illegal drugs, and social construction that develops in the community.

The emergence of schizophrenia can be known of their symptoms, though not infrequently appear suddenly. the symptoms schizophrenia divided into several classes. They are positive symptoms, negative symptoms, affective symptoms, cognitive symptoms, and aggressive symptom. Positive and negative symptoms are symptoms that indicate a pattern of behavior or thought. On the positive symptoms, the patient will have a mind that should not be there when interacting. these symptoms include hallucinations, generally in the form of hallucinations of sight and hearing. For example, people with schizophrenia thought he heard some whispers in his ear.

Negative symptoms are the opposite of positive symptoms. Patients with schizophrenia have the mindset that there should be lost. “Symptoms include flat emotions, inability to initiate and follow the course of events, and had no interest in life,” says Meri. While the affective symptoms are symptoms that often accompany the disease schizophrenia. Patients often feel depressed, worried excessively, lack of sleep, feelings of worthlessness, and always filled with guilt. even patients also often think about death and suicide. Cognitive symptoms showed irregular patterns of thought and behavior that does not make sense. In patients with aggressive symptoms often hostile and disturbances in impulse control.