Posted by papillon2 on March 20, 2012, at 0:39:33
In reply to Re: Anhedonia is a symptom of depression » papillon2, posted by sigismund on March 20, 2012, at 0:06:32
> Is depression more than a symptom cluster then?
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> Can symptom clusters have symptoms?Yikes, that's too much for my depressed little brain to think about. I'm sure people can be depressed about anhedonia, though, and depressed about having depression. How far down this rabbit hole can we go?
On another note: I know that anhedonia can also be a side a effect of medication, but that the original poster is not currently taking medication. I think I may also have read that medication-induced anhedonia can persist months or more longer after discontinuing the medication similar to sexual side effects. I may be wrong about this, however.
I am sometimes concerned about medication causing my anhedonia but then my depression improves BECAUSE of taking my medication and I have brief windows where I experience pleasure. It's a good thing I don't listen to my depressive thoughts or certain people who have unbalanced views about medication!
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forget your perfect offering
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that's how the light gets in
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