Posted by Trevpr on September 24, 2012, at 12:22:55
In reply to Re: ANHEDONIA - Questions and Answers, posted by alchemy on September 24, 2012, at 11:30:09
Anyone find anything other than Ritalin useful? While it was useful, I didnt find that it helped all the way. It made me enjoy things a bit more and increased libido slightly while making me a bit more motivated (and chatty) but didnt really make me feel empathetic or caring or "emotional." These are all traits that have seemed to dissapear with the apathy. Before, I used to find that crying, for example, was quite refreshing, as well as laughing, orgasming (tmi I know), etc. I just dont get that "refreshing" satisfied feeling anymore. Everything feels "blah."
I hope theres something besides ritalin that works! I dont think that there would be much use in augmenting parnate with wellbutrin, as I felt no different on wellbutrin alone, and with any other norepinepherine reuptake inhibitor (desipramine and now protryptaline for example).
Maybe parnate alone would be useful, but not if its as wussy (sorry I just cant think of any other word to describe how weak/useless these other drugs have been to me) or subtle as these other drugs I've tried.
That's why I've asked if parnate is more "noticeable" or "strong" than wellbutrin, TCAs, abilify, Mirapex, effexor, etc. If it's not, I'm SOL, you see. I've never even felt discontinuation symptoms.
Does parnate allow you to experience life's "highs?" Essentially that is what I am missing. There seems to be a ceiling on how good I feel, and it's rather low. I've found most antidepressants clip life's lows, but also highs, so they arent much use to me here.
And yes, libido is important too.
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