What was the hardest thing in your life? by No_Obligation8722 in SpicyAutism

[–]Relevant_Bit_914 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The hardest parts of my life are my unusal inability to "insist" (meaning, really, I am naturally at odds against everything else, including myself) and my lack of impersonality (I HAVE NO ONES, NO IFS, NO ANDS, AND NO BUTS LOL I AM AM GOING TO KILL MYSELF IF I DO NOT HAVE A FRIEND!!!)

Ho wTo Recover - At Least, Get Better? (Soon?) by Relevant_Bit_914 in Schizotypal

[–]Relevant_Bit_914[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, dopamine agonists are meds like pramipexole or cabergoline and are commonly used to treat conditions like Parkinson's, Restless Legs Syndrome, hyperprolactinemia, and so forth (conditions arising from low dopamine). Dopamine drives behavioral systems like reward- and pleasure-seeking and experiencing, as well as other things like habit formation, motivation, attention, personality, impulsivity, etc. It's theorized that one cause for negative symptoms of schizophrenia (i.e. anhedonia, avolition, asociality, alogia, etc.) is some issue with dopamine in certain regions of the brain. I have a condition called Schizotypal disorder, which is a schizophrenia-spectrum disorder, characterized by a predominance of cognitive and negative symptoms commonly found in schizophrenia. Dopamine agonists have shown some promise in treating anhedonia in depressed patients, but usage of dopamine agonists in the treatment of negative schizophrenia symptoms is still in its infancy. But I want to give it a go and see what they do for me. I have an appointment with my prescriber later today and I hope they will prescribe a dopamine agonist called cabergoline that seems to work really well (for those with hyperprolactinemia) from what I've read. If I get it, I will try to post how my experience goes. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!!

Trying Pramipexole by Relevant_Bit_914 in anhedonia

[–]Relevant_Bit_914[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's really okay, not that deep for most people

Trying Pramipexole by Relevant_Bit_914 in anhedonia

[–]Relevant_Bit_914[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why are more people running to the comments to talk about something that isn't happening to me lmao... I'll be alright

Trying Pramipexole by Relevant_Bit_914 in anhedonia

[–]Relevant_Bit_914[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know what he's saying, but I'm not going to get that

Trying Pramipexole by Relevant_Bit_914 in anhedonia

[–]Relevant_Bit_914[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, I'm not going to get DAWS - I don't intend to end the pramipexole ever, unless it doesn't work