Posted by SLS on April 17, 2011, at 22:40:26
In reply to the only way out, posted by poser938 on April 16, 2011, at 11:16:30
> so i think i've finally realized the only way out of the situation i'm is to off myself. i've been suffering from stimulant induced anhedonia for a year and a half.(and SSRI induced anhedonia for 3 years before that, i have both now) im completely numb to any feelings of pleasure. im wasting my life just laying in my bed all day everyday. i have zero drive.. and it hurts. i've been to two different psychiatrists and both told me they cant help me. so i guess i'm stuck like this, which is just unnacceptable. i need some help somebody...
Your story is not so unusual amongst the people who arrive here at Psycho-Babble. It would be difficult to isolate the factors that have made you feel worse. Sometimes, it is a change in the natural course of the illness that is not recognized as such. Sometimes there are lasting undesirable effects for having taken medications that persist after discontinuing them. Either way, I don't think your future treatments should be chosen contingent upon trying to reverse the perceived negative reactions of previously tried drugs. You might do better to pursue treating your depression as it is now, and not worry about how in differs your depression historically.
As you interact here at Psycho-Babble, you will learn new treatment techniques that others have tried. The longer you are here, the more alternative treatments you will come to know and research. There are people who have failed to respond to decades of treatment, only to come upon an untried medication combination that produces a robust therapeutic response.
Be prepared to endure today as you continue to work for a better tomorrow. I cannot make you any guarantees, though. However, you do have a better chance of finding your rewards in life if you remain alive long enough to explore new treatments with old drugs as new drugs become available. I am currently taking 5 different drugs and am seeing a stable treatment response for the first time in 25 years. Fortunately, I hung around long enough.
If one person can suggest a treatment strategy that you have not yet tried, you have a logical reason to remain alive to pursue it. There is true hope. That's the way I have come to look at things. This perspective helped keep me alive for over 30 years.
What are some of the treatments your doctor has in mind for you?
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.
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