Hello,
Sorry, I’m very new to posting.
I wasn’t sure how to do the ‘text-box’ link plus highlighted text quote.
I believe that @everhopeful may have posted this on the old forum, but from my own personal experience just wish I’d known about how an antidepressant can help with negative symptoms.
I wouldn’t be surprised if adding an antidepressant can help with negative symptoms even if they’re actually secondary negative symptoms caused by the antipsychotic.
This meta-analysis (which is really the gold standard for knowing if something can help), found that mirtazapine was most effective, followed by duloxetine, then vortioxetine, then some others. It doesn’t mention whether venlafaxine can help.
A word of caution: if you’re on an antipsychotic which can be stimulating, like aripiprazole (Abilify) or cariprazine (Vraylar), it might be worth being aware that adding an antidepressant could lead to something known as ‘manic switch’ - which is basically a switch into mania or possibly hypomania (which is lower-grade mania). Again, I wish I’d known this years ago.