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#1 User is offline   hollywoodfreaks 

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Posted 13 November 2005 - 03:19 AM

I suffer from depression and anhedonia (inability to experience pleasure) is probably the thing that negatively affects me the most.  I don't have hobbies, I'm not "driven," I don't have a "passion," and now that I am finally starting to reduce my social phobia I am finding, much to my chagrin, that I don't even enjoy social interaction!

Perhaps not surprisingly I have found that Lexapro doesn't help enough with it.  Does anyone know whether certain meds are known to help with this more than others?
dx: Major depression (currently in partial remission). Current rx: Wellbutrin XL 300 mg, Lamictal 225 mg, Cymbalta 60mg, Xanax XR .5mg For sleep: between 25-100mg of Trazodone, depending on whatever dose seems to be working for me. Trying to switch to temazepam. Past rx: Lexapro, Zoloft, Cytomel.

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Posted 13 November 2005 - 10:59 AM

I don't know the answer, but that is a great question!  Has anybody asked their pdoc this?
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dx: severe, refractory double depression. GAD. OCD, paranoia, occasional psychosis.
Depersonalization and anxiety out the wazoo, no matter which meds I take.

current rx: Cymbalta 90mg as of 11/12, Trazodone 400mg as of 4/6/07. Clonazepam .5mg PRN.

Recent Titration: Seroquel 100mg>200mg>now 300mg>back to 200mg as of 11/10,
up to 300mg as of 11/29; up to 400 mg Seroquel as of 1/19/07.
Tapering down on Seroquel and adding Trazodone as of 3/26/07, much to my chagrin.
Now down to zero SQ, up to 400mg Traz. Can't sleep, but my girth is getting smaller.

And now: Stopped Traz. Added Navane. tripped off into some dissociation/psychosis shit. Off Navane. Back on 1,000mg Seroquel. Welcome to my nightmare.


previous rx: Tofranil, Desyrel, Pamelor, Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Wellbutrin,
Neurontin, Luvox, Serzone, Remeron, Effexor, Lexapro. Navane, Ativan, Inderal, Lithium.

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Posted 14 November 2005 - 12:00 PM

It sounds like you are still depressed  and that it is the source of the issue.

Have you tried other meds? This is definately something to bring up with your pdoc -- it's obviously not bringing you much quality of life right now.

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Posted 14 November 2005 - 09:23 PM

Thanks for your concern, Fiona.  I actually think my quality of life is fine most of the time.  I would call myself functionally depressed.  It's just that the med doesn't seem to cover all aspects of depression and doesn't stay consistent in its effectiveness.  But when it is at max effectiveness it is a really good drug.
dx: Major depression (currently in partial remission). Current rx: Wellbutrin XL 300 mg, Lamictal 225 mg, Cymbalta 60mg, Xanax XR .5mg For sleep: between 25-100mg of Trazodone, depending on whatever dose seems to be working for me. Trying to switch to temazepam. Past rx: Lexapro, Zoloft, Cytomel.

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Posted 18 November 2005 - 09:23 PM

hollywoodfreaks, on Nov 14 2005, 09:23 PM, said:

Thanks for your concern, Fiona.  I actually think my quality of life is fine most of the time.  I would call myself functionally depressed.  It's just that the med doesn't seem to cover all aspects of depression and doesn't stay consistent in its effectiveness.  But when it is at max effectiveness it is a really good drug.
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Have you talked to your doc about maybe trying something besides Lexapro? I know when I was on Lexapro I felt very numb - not depressed but not really able to enjoy anything either. I had been on it for about 2 years and didn't actually realize that it made me feel that way until I ended up going off of it cold turkey because of other issues (and I don't reccomend going off any AD cold turkey) but when the doc changed me to something else, I was like, wow, I am enjoying myself driving to work and singing along toa CD - which I couldn't remember doing for a very long time.

okay, that was very long winded, sorry.
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