Posted by DK79 on July 13, 2012, at 17:43:35
In reply to Re: What helps with social anhedonia. » DK79, posted by Tomatheus on July 13, 2012, at 14:56:49
I can't say that I was ever a super outgoing person. I was mostly referred to as a quiet, reserved person, who doesn't talk much but I've had my shining moments. I feel like the situation has been worse lately (a few years) due to my dysthymia with several acute depressive episodes. The best way to describe the social aspect of it is having very little curiosity about other people, and minimal motivation to interact, often times not really knowing what to say if I force my self to interact and very quickly zoning out of conversation most of the time. I think the most irritating aspect of it is that I know that I can be different, since there were precedents before. I am willing to try anything to snap out of it. I tried Wellbutrin, Remeron, Lexapro during my first acute depressive episode. None of that did any good really. Wellbutrin just gave tinnitus at higher doses, Remeron has intolerable drowsiness, and Laxapro dulled my emotions and killed my sex-drive (which I am still trying to recover years after). I went on selegiline more recently after my second depressive episode and it was helpful in terms bringing you out of a real bottom. I've only tried 10mg/day dose. I have also recently tried Lamictal for several weeks but had some skin issues from it, and i think it was messing up with my deep sleep phase. I stopped it since I wasn't feeling any improvements in the moods. Overall, I think my problem might be linked to dopamine deficiency/depletion. (btw asked the doc about Parnate and she refused to try it, suggested Effexor which I am very hesitant about).
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