Posted by rvanson on April 30, 2007, at 3:20:40
In reply to Noradrenergics for motivation, focus, anhedonia?, posted by psychobot5000 on April 29, 2007, at 12:35:53
> I'm wondering what people's experiences have been with meds like desipramine, reboxetine and other noradrenaline-enhancing meds have been, for symptoms like low motivation, anhedonia, low concentration.
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> I have tried to find dopaminergic solutions to these problems (as was recommended to me), but the options of that nature are rather few. Now I'm wondering how useful meds that focus on noradrenaline might be, as some theory seems to offer it as an alternative. Have people found them useful for driveless, anhedonic depression? What about concentration? Which meds in particular? I'd of course welcome any other thoughts anyone might have on the subject.
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I'll go with what mattdds said. NE medications cause lots of anxiety problem in those prone to them and in my case I become a person with a short fuse and a big temper, which is not how I am normally, being adhedonic in nature since my depressive disorder started back 27 years ago.I think dopamine plays a much larger role in the symptoms of ahedonia, with NE and SER taking a back seat, but to each his own.
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