Posted by Jay_Bravest_Face on December 15, 2007, at 5:16:39
In reply to Sticking It Out Club thread, posted by Racer on December 14, 2007, at 18:03:23
Good thread...btw..:-) I just wanted to comment on your 'cocktail'. You may have heard this a million times before...if so..just ignore me...most women do. ;-) Have you thought of adding just a 'pinch' (a micro-dose) of say a serotogenic and/or benzo or the like, med? Also, there is melatonin to consider, as it soothes the hyper-anxiety in the evening, at least, that can cause
anhedonia. I found a timed-release helps a bit during the day. (Not falling asleep during the day...just 'soothed'.)Yes, I am positive anhedonia is also connected strongly with anxiety as well as depression. Different heads of same coin. I experienced my worst ever anhedonia on high doses of Wellbutrin, as well as nortriptyline, and desipramine. My belief is the 'background noise' of hyper-anxiety can appear all calm and such, and that we detach ourselves from pretty much everything going on as a result to keep things 'appearing' calm. That jolt of norepinephrine (and even dopamine) from the meds also seems to have a 'numbing' effect on the CNS after awhile. BUT....I do take Dexedrine with my Prozac (heavy dose of Prozac, though, 80mg, plus 5mg Zyprexa, 4mg Clonazepam, 200mg Topamax...but I see it as...well...balance..lol) I think we are going through this love-in with dopamine these days, like we did with serotonin. As Peter Kramer once said, we aren't exactly "..having dopamine appreciation days around here yet." lol. There is also an opiate as well.
So, I hope I didn't ruin your thread. If you would prefer to correspond off-list, or in a new thread, that is fine by me too! I've kept my mouth closed on many medication issues in here because I think I was always afraid of a "bad" consequence on somebody's med regime. Sorta like the dogma bit my karma..lol. But, I realized maybe I could offer some "alternative"...as I have responded at the Doc's office to some comments made on here. No harm done.
Anyhow...thank-you....there is free beer in the back fridge....goodnight. :-)
Jay
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