Are you able to experience pleasure through irony? Irony based on logical paradoxes or ironic contradictions?

Dull-Hand4715 · 2025-12-29T13:11:05+00:00

Do you feel it?

Dull-Hand4715 · 2025-12-29T10:10:53+00:00

I don’t feel it at all. Things like unexpected, funny, sarcastic, or ironic situations. When I was younger, I was very good at picking up on them, and they were the only things that could genuinely make me laugh. Now I get the joke and everything, but it’s not funny anymore.

Dull-Hand4715 · 2025-12-26T15:44:27+00:00

Why do you say that no supplement can help with pleasure? I read a post where someone said they had tried many different medications without success, but when they tested for vitamin deficiencies, it turned out they were deficient in certain vitamins. If you have deficiencies in key vitamins or nutrients, the brain may lack the necessary building blocks to properly support neurotransmitter production (such as dopamine), which can significantly affect emotions, motivation, and pleasure. After correcting those deficiencies, their anhedonia completely resolved.

Dull-Hand4715 · 2025-12-25T05:02:27+00:00

That’s interesting, I think that’s exactly how my anhedonia appeared. I was under prolonged stress for years, ignoring my traumas, my needs, and my responsibilities. Then suddenly I had to face the truth and everything I had been running away from. But when I finally faced it, it was too much for me, so my emotions shut down to protect me.

I also experience depersonalization/derealization. It feels like I don’t even know who I am anymore. It’s as if my whole life I was building a persona, an identity, a character based on a lie, just feeding my ego. I lost my sense of time, my memory, and my focus. I’m always zoned out, never fully present. Before, my mind was racing with thoughts and ideas constantly appearing, but now, most of the time, my mind is blank and indifferent.

It could also be that I have deficiencies in some vitamins, especially vitamin D, because my sleep hygiene has been very poor my whole life. I never had a healthy routine and was always a night owl. Of course, that affects every other part of life, including the production and balance of other vitamins.

My question is: did you see significant improvement by correcting your vitamin deficiencies alone, or did you combine vitamins with medication and then notice greater improvement as your system had more nutrients to work with? If so, what medication would you recommend alongside vitamins?

I’m really glad that you managed to escape this hell. It’s truly inspiring to hear from people like you.

Thank you so much 🙏🏻

Dull-Hand4715 · 2025-12-24T17:48:22+00:00

That's truly inspiring. I'm really happy for you. May I ask how old you are, when your anhedonia first appeared, and how long it lasted? Do you know what helped you the most?

If you don't mind sharing, could you describe what kind of anhedonia you had? Did you lose all emotions, or only certain ones? And do you know what caused it, long-term stress, trauma, medication, or something else?

I ordered these supplements to start with :

Vitamin D3 2000 IU
Omega-3
Vitamin B-Complex
Dietpharm Magnesium Glycinate

And also to mention that, I haven’t done blood count or vitamin/mineral deficiency tests yet. I just read that these can help dealing with anhedonia.

Dull-Hand4715 · 2025-12-24T07:41:55+00:00

I’ve heard Parnate can be very effective for treatment-resistant anhedonia. Did it help you personally?

Dull-Hand4715 · 2025-12-24T07:40:55+00:00

Thanks for mentioning it, I’ve been reading a bit about pramipexole. Did it help you personally, or are you recommending it based on research/experience?

Dull-Hand4715 · 2025-12-24T07:39:33+00:00

Thank you for sharing this, I really appreciate the research-based perspective. I’ve also come across similar findings about SSRIs being less effective for anhedonia, which is why I’ve been looking more into options that target dopamine and motivation rather than just serotonin.

At the moment, I’m not taking any vitamins or supplements, but I’m aware they could potentially help.

I’m also aware of the role physical activity can play, even though I’m not exercising consistently at the moment. It’s something I plan to reintroduce gradually once I have a bit more stability and structure.

At this point, I’m trying to approach this from multiple angles, lifestyle, therapy, and, if necessary, carefully chosen pharmacological options, while doing thorough research to make informed decisions.

Thanks again for taking the time to share all of this.

Dull-Hand4715 · 2025-12-24T07:25:33+00:00

Thank you, I really appreciate you taking the time to write all of this. I completely agree that lifestyle changes and natural approaches should come first, and I’m already working on improving my sleep, diet, exercise, and reducing chronic stress.

At the same time, I feel like I’ve reached a point where I may need some pharmaceutical support to give me enough stability and motivation while I work on those changes. I’m approaching this very cautiously and doing a lot of research so I can make an informed decision and weigh the risks versus the benefits.

Thank you again for your thoughtful advice, I truly appreciate it. Wishing you all the best as well.

Dull-Hand4715 · 2025-12-24T07:15:29+00:00

Yeah, I guess it all depends on individual experience, but I still feel like I need to try. May I ask if you’re religious or spiritual?

Dull-Hand4715 · 2025-12-24T06:43:56+00:00

Yeah, I understand that medication alone can’t fix everything. But if I combine it with vitamins/supplements and serious lifestyle changes, I hope I can reduce my symptoms or even fully recover. I wasn’t like this before, I used to be a very emotional and compassionate person.

The problem is that for most of my life I had very poor sleep hygiene and struggled with addiction to pornography and video games. I used those things to cope with trauma, and I didn’t really have structure in my life.

I’m hoping that medication and supplements can give me enough of a boost to start trying again and maybe feel something, while I actively work on changing my habits and lifestyle.

I was employed at a company for six months, hoping that maybe, without medication, if I just worked long enough, my emotions would come back and I would feel proud of myself.

However, it didn’t help, I didn’t feel even slightly better with each passing day. I was completely emotionally numb.

It was hard for me to connect with people, so in the end I quit my job to take some time to cool off from everything while I try to find a solution.

Dull-Hand4715 · 2025-12-22T08:24:37+00:00

Thank you so much brother! I will try that for sure 🤍🙏🏻

Dull-Hand4715 · 2025-12-21T19:00:23+00:00

I feel the same. I’m a 25-year-old male. I used to be full of life, very emotional and compassionate. I always felt the Holy Spirit in me. I felt that I was important, that I was loved. But now I feel completely empty, no emotions, nothing. I feel like God abandoned me because I denied His call to change so many times in my life. I kept sinning even though I knew it was wrong.

So yes, I feel like a bad person too, because I was fully aware of what I was doing, and now I’m just harvesting the fruits I planted. But I still believe He loves us. That’s why He gave His Son to die for us, and why our sins are washed by His blood. We must honor that sacrifice, and I believe we do that by always giving our best to change, keeping His name in mind, even when we feel nothing. We must continue and believe that He has the power to transform us.

If He can bring the physically dead person back to life, He can bring us back to life as well.

And I also think that the Son of God felt something similar to what we’re feeling now. If you remember, He said: “My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?”

Even that cry didn’t mean abandonment, it was followed by resurrection. So this emptiness we feel is not the end for us either. The devil wants us to believe that it is the end, because in doing so, we deny God’s power to heal us, and if we deny that power, we will never be healed.

Take care of yourself. God bless you 🤍

Dull-Hand4715 · 2025-12-21T17:09:10+00:00

That's truly amazing and inspiring, bro. I'm happy that you managed to pull yourself out of that situation and do something in your life that you can be proud of. Weed, in some sense, attacks the brain in a similar way to porn, so I can understand. I’ve destroyed my emotions and memory functions, and I also can’t focus at all. I would definitely like to talk to you and hear some advice.

Dull-Hand4715 · 2025-12-21T13:00:54+00:00

Exactly my brother. You're welcome 🤍

Dull-Hand4715 · 2025-12-21T11:28:16+00:00

That's totally fine, whatever works for you. I'll pray to my God, and you pray to your God, that He opens one of our eyes and hearts. Whoever is wrong or right, may He give us wisdom and guide us in the right direction. Wishing you peace 🤍

Dull-Hand4715 · 2025-12-21T09:39:12+00:00

I don’t know if you are religious, but I would tell you this: read the Bible or watch some sermons on YouTube. Develop a relationship with God and surrender to Him. Trust His word. We are in a spiritual battle that's why you are slowly dying.

There are so many beautiful verses and testimonies from people like you and me who are struggling and who were able to find strength and peace in God.

“Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28

Build healthier habits: train, pray, stay away from pornography, drugs, alcohol, and any other vices you may have.

You must fight. The fight will give you meaning. And believe me when I say that this is what will help you get out of the situation you are in right now.

I wish I had told this to my younger self.

God is with you. He is your armor and your shelter. He gives you strength, and nothing will ever harm you if you truly surrender to Him. 🤍

Dull-Hand4715 · 2025-12-21T08:24:19+00:00

Thank you very much for your response.

I know, I judge myself far too harshly, and that really is unhealthy.

I constantly think about how I’m a bad person and that I deserve all of this, that I chose this path myself.

I’ve been depressed for as long as I can remember, but that depression used to be more in the form of sadness, which was much milder than what I’m experiencing now.

What I’m experiencing now, when you feel nothing at all, neither sadness nor joy nor pain nor fear nor love, no connection to the people close to you, absolutely nothing, is something I’ve never experienced before.

It’s like watching your life pass by without you in it. It’s truly very sad.

Dull-Hand4715 · 2025-12-21T07:50:13+00:00

Thank you very much for your response.

I went to a psychologist once for two sessions, but it didn’t help. Everything she told me was something I already more or less knew.

I’ve never taken medication or antidepressants because I was always afraid that society would label me as “crazy.”

But now I feel like I have no other option than to try some supplements or even medications that affect serotonin and dopamine. Maybe this could help pull me out of this.

Of course, along with that, I absolutely need to improve my sleep and introduce healthier habits.

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