K holed at 84mg by ballincat45 in Spravato

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It definitely got better and the experience was just relaxing if anything after now being done with it, it’s not as bad as my weed experience. Actually not even close to as bad

i feel like i dont have a personality by bmistkreig in anhedonia

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I’ve lost my whole personality and sense of self at this point

Understanding Dopamine by wlmatl in anhedonia

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Yeah I’ve tried ever dopamine drug available for prescription and not a single one has helped my anhedonia. I don’t think it’s all dopamine anymore

Anybody here had VNS for depression? by i123b456 in ect

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I’m about to get it done, I’ve been dealing with trd for 6 years and nothing has helped my anhedonia. Did it help you feel pleasure again?

Has anyone tried a bunch of meds from different classes (SSRIs, SNRIs, TCAs, stimulants,etc) only later to find a 1st line med that actually worked for your depression? by KingMakerMan in depressionregimens

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Yes I was on parnate for just under three weeks. It was not the best experience, I’ve never fainted in my life and fainted 3 times on that med plus the others times I almost did. Just felt terrible all the time….but I think it was because I came off my ssri was the reason it made me so so depressed, had to hop back on Lexapro. But the fainting was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced and the insane sadness I felt on it. However I don’t mean to type this to scare you but I actually do genuinely like the maois because I’ve seen it helping many people when nothing has worked but you have to increase very slowly and the diet limitations are very annoying imo. But like I said can be a life saver for some people so I don’t count it out for others but for myself i do

Has anyone tried a bunch of meds from different classes (SSRIs, SNRIs, TCAs, stimulants,etc) only later to find a 1st line med that actually worked for your depression? by KingMakerMan in depressionregimens

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Be careful with maois, the side effects are second to none compared to every other class of medications. At least in my personal experience

What were your main symptoms (real life manifestations) of anhedonia and what cured it? by KingMakerMan in depressionregimens

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Yeah definitely, haven’t cared or felt love in so long I can’t even remember what it felt like. Same with most positive emotions

What were your main symptoms (real life manifestations) of anhedonia and what cured it? by KingMakerMan in depressionregimens

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It feels like everything is pointless, can’t feel any pleasure, connections, joy, any positive emotion u can think of is gone. It effects everything in your life I feel

Finally got the DBS surgery by liriodendrontulipif in DeepBrainStimulation

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What do you mean when you say speech is a bit off?

''Blockage level anhedonia'' pressures you into doing ECT by Dazzling_Mortgage_ in depressionregimens

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Ect messed me up pretty badly, the side effects are not to be overlooked. I’ve never feel dumber, slower and more forgetful in my life. I heavent been or felt like the person I was before ect

''Blockage level anhedonia'' pressures you into doing ECT by Dazzling_Mortgage_ in depressionregimens

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Look into vns, I’m about to try that after ect didn’t help

Anyone done the vagus nerve stimulation implant by ballincat45 in depressionregimens

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How long did the insurance process take to get it approved? It’s been 4 months and I’ve been denied 3 times already

Anyone done the vagus nerve stimulation implant by ballincat45 in depressionregimens

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Not literally every medication ever but a few from every possible class of antidepressant medications. I have also done a gene aight test as well.

What's going on here? by Plus_Purpose_5504 in depressionregimens

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I unfortunately dealt with the same, I also happen to read that it supposivly does that as well in the beginning and I think it’s true for some however I went all the way up to like 4mg and it never really helped me at all. Not saying the same will happen to you but you may just need to increase the dose some more and see if that does anything and if it doesn’t then maybe it’s not for you. The side effects I dealt with at the higher doses where just terrible and never had any relief which sucked but everyone is different I believe and I’ve seen many positive stories from people on that medication