Posted by falconman on April 6, 2007, at 12:40:03
In reply to Re: Best meds for anhedonia » falconman, posted by Quintal on April 6, 2007, at 7:12:06
To get 20-40mg codeine from OTC painkillers you would have to take loads of parecetamol/asprin too. This can't be good for you. An average co-codamol tablet contains codeine phosphate 8mg and paracetamol 500 mg.
would > For me OTC painkiller tablets containing small amounts (20-40mg) of codeine (not enough to get 'high' incidentally) have worked better for my depression/anhedonia/anxiety than any other pharmaceutical. I tend to build up tolerance after a few months of continuous use, then taper off to regain the effects. The tapering off is not at all unbearable because it's such a small dose, and I've just this week found that Mirapex (pramipexole) halts rebound anhedonia and helps physical/emotional pain. It feels very similar to the 'nodding' sensation of opiates i.e. no high or euphoria, just calm, peaceful contentment.
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> Buprenorphine is the opiate most often prescribed for treatment resistant depression, but other here have been prescribed hydrocodone, methadone etc.
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> Amisulpride at doses below 50mg is also helpful for dysthymia/anhedonia. They key linking all these drugs is that they are pro-dopamine.
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> Q
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