Posted by Whit on October 14, 2004, at 20:41:21
Anhedonia is my most persistant and most debilitating symptom. My diagnosis is bipolar 2 but I am in the depressive phase 99% of the time unless I get a drug-induced manic episode. I have tried just about every drug out there with little to no relief of the anhedonia. The only things that did work were Adderall (which is an addictive dead end) and Parnate (which pooped out). I have even done a few ECTs but the memory loss scared the hell out of me and I stopped the treatment.
Is there any hope at all? I am now taking the following: Cymbalta 60mg, Wellbutrin SR 300mg, Zyprexa 10mg, Keppra 1000mg.
All symptoms of depre4ssion are gone except anhedonia, which is still sucking me ever closer to the black hole. I am so tired of this that I would give up an appendage or a testicle to be rid of the anhedonia.
I have read a bit about amisulpride and mirapex being D2 and D3 reuptake inhibitors and providing some relief. I have not tried these two meds, so I am going to ask the doc about them next time.
Please tell me if you have found anything that works to relieve anhedonia on a long-term basis.
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