Posted by metamorphosis on January 2, 2013, at 13:39:23
In reply to Re: SSRI incuded Anhedonia... no emotions., posted by SLS on January 2, 2013, at 8:44:00
> > Hello everyone. I don't have emotions, thanks to taking Prozac a few years ago for 6 months straight. Ever since, I have not experienced emotions.
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> > I do not feel sad/happy/mad... or anything. I just don't feel anything. I can't feel love for my family... knowing that I will not have a normal life is heart breaking.
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> > Is there anything I could do? Could MRI's or something show brain damage?
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> > So, can anything be done, or am I a vegetable?
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> In what ways is your present condition different from the original depression that you were initially treated for? Did you not have emotional blunting and flattened affect as part of the depression?
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> How would imaging your brain change your approach to correcting any anomaly that exists?
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> I doubt an MRI will show anything. Maybe a fMRI? You would need a PET scan or possibly a SPECT scan to show anything that indicates neurotransmitter function. Of course, it would be experimental, and I doubt that there are any established indications of the type of dysfunction you think you have to compare your images to at this time. Your images might not look too much different from the depression itself, although I think this could be resolved by looking at areas other than the PFC to see if they, too, show depressive dysfunction.
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> What to do?
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> I don't know.
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> If you have waited more than six months for this thing to resolve, perhaps you can intervene with other drugs. Perhaps Wellbutrin or Focalin. Maybe even desipramine.
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> Can you exercise?
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> There are websites devoted to post SSRI side effects. Maybe you can find information at these.
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> - Scott
>Good idea on the Wellbutrin. I added it to my Lexapro and it really helped for a while. I used the 300mg XL. After I lost my insurance, I had to switched to the SR and the faster release was way to stimulating for me. It increased my anxiety.
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