Posted by Shane M on December 10, 2003, at 18:08:55
In reply to Re: Anhedonia Sufferers??, posted by delna on December 9, 2003, at 8:28:15
> Firstly I am so sorry to hear about your condition. I suffered similar symptoms and had little relief in terms of anhedonia . My pdoc was very keen on parnate- I wasnt. so i was tried on a drug comination of high dose effexor plus wellbutrin and lamactil.This combination took years to 'find'.
> Have you been tried some comibinational therapy?
> It is very frustrating I can understand- sometimes you feel you are untreatable. What about going to a doc that is an expert in psychopharmacology. These types of docs are experts at drug mixing- and they dont give up easily.My doc is like this.
> The others I saw were always conservative and left me in awful states- i didnt feel alive at all.
> I really hope you find relief
> goodluck
> delnaHi delna,
thanks for your reply. I have tried different combinations of meds. The meds that have been effective at all are Effexor XR and Geodon. Actually Geodon gave me full remission for a brief few days, and for some reason stopped working when I was unfortunately around someone smoking marjiuana. I still take Effexor, which provides very good relief of depression, just not anhedonia. Is the lamictal still working for you? If so, are you able to experience full emotions? Are you on a steady dosage? I like my psy-doc that I have. She does try different combination remedies. She actually asks me what medications I would like to try.
poster:Shane M
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