Posted by Chinaboy on February 12, 2015, at 6:04:37
In reply to Depression vs. 'negative' psychotic symptoms, posted by Tomatheus on February 10, 2015, at 15:54:58
> My question for anyone here who wants to respond is this: how would you describe the difference between the symptoms of clinical depression and the "negative" symptoms of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder (which are usually identified as affective flattening, poverty speech, and reduced goal-oriented behavior)?
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Dear Tomatheus:Excuse my bad English! I've also been puzzled and even bothered by this question as well! Due to the
Chinese pdocs' inability to distinguish their differences, I had been wrongly diagnosed as a patient of bipolar depression (sometimes major depression) for almost 20 years!My answer to your question is that there is simply no answer! To solve it, you'll have to give an antidepressant vs. antipsychotic trail to see to which kind of medication you respond better.
I really really have a lot to say with regards to this question. But English is not my mother tongue and I'm also on a large dose of anti-psychotic, so I cannot give you a fairly detailed explanation for the time being. Let us keep contact through Email from now on and I'll try to help as much as possible. My Email address is wangguanzhuang167@163.com. Feel free to write to me and ask me questions!
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