The symptoms of schizophrenia vary greatly. Although they can appear at almost any time in life, they most often first occur at the end of adolescence or in the first phase of adulthood. Check what the symptoms of schizophrenia may be.
In mensymptoms of schizophreniafirst appear between the ages of 18 and 22, and in women in their 20s or immediately after the age of 30. Recognizing the first symptoms can be especially difficult if the disease begins in adolescence, that is, in the teenage years, as turbulent changes in behavior are common at this stage of life.
What are the symptoms of schizophrenia?
Common symptoms of schizophrenia affect how you think, feel and act. Doctors divide them into three basic categories:
- "positive", i.e. productive symptoms- such as seeing, hearing, or receiving through other senses things that are not really there, ordelusions , which can take many different forms, for example persecutory, grandiose, religious, telepathic, alien or paranormal;
- "negative" or deficit symptoms- an example can belack of motivation , loss of the ability to experience emotions, withdrawal from contact with family or friends, disturbances in the rhythm of sleep and wakefulness or antisocial behavior;
- cognitive impairment -is, for example, a disrupted thinking process or the inability to finish a sentence you have started.
Practically every patient has different combinations and combinations of productive and deficit symptoms and cognitive disorders. The symptoms and how they affect your well-being are listed below. Your doctor may ask you about this.
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