J04KlM Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 (edited) I've been on Abilify for 8 weeks now, and I've gone as far up to 15 mg. I've now tried Wellbutrin and Abilify to try and treat my anhedonia but neither has worked. As far as my research goes, there aren't other medication that treat anhedonia like Wellbutrin and Abilify does. It looks like i might have to resort trying out drugs for Parkisons syndrome like Mirapex. Either that or i'm just treatment resistant. I don't know if i should wait till i get to a therapeutic dose of Lamictal, if that'll make it easier for Wellbutrin and Abilify to do their job once my mood is stabilized. I'm really devestated right now Edited November 4, 2015 by J04KlM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintalto Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Did you doctor specifically tell you you those were the only drugs? Not invalidating your conclusion, just warning that if you read about it online somewhere you won't ever be sure. You would prevent yourself a lot of worry by getting your medication answers directly from the doctor who is treating you.In regards to treatment resistant, I have taken 20+ medications (probably hovering around mid 20's now) for my issues over the past 12 years. It took a long time for me to be considered "treatment resistant" and I didn't even know I was until I was told. Again, unless the words "treatment resistant" comes directly from your tdoc/pdoc, don't make yourself unnecessarily worried about it.If you have already asked about all this, though, ignore this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J04KlM Posted October 23, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2015 Did you doctor specifically tell you you those were the only drugs? Not invalidating your conclusion, just warning that if you read about it online somewhere you won't ever be sure. You would prevent yourself a lot of worry by getting your medication answers directly from the doctor who is treating you.In regards to treatment resistant, I have taken 20+ medications (probably hovering around mid 20's now) for my issues over the past 12 years. It took a long time for me to be considered "treatment resistant" and I didn't even know I was until I was told. Again, unless the words "treatment resistant" comes directly from your tdoc/pdoc, don't make yourself unnecessarily worried about it.If you have already asked about all this, though, ignore this.My psychiatrist tells me my anhedonia will lift when i get to a therapeutic dose of Lamictal, and i don't know if that'll be the case. I've seen many having their mood stabilized but still have severe anhedonia, and i don't know of any other specific meds that target this symptom besides Abilify, Wellbutrin and some dopamine agonists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintalto Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 "My psychiatrist tells me my anhedonia will lift when i get to a therapeutic dose of Lamictal, and i don't know if that'll be the case."This is true for any med, we don't know if they will work. It's not good to assume worst case scenario until said worse case scenario actually happens."I don't know of any other specific meds that target this symptom besides Abilify, Wellbutrin and some dopamine agonists."Your pdoc would know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash19 Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I'm only at 100mg of Lamictal and my anhedonia is almost non-existent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J04KlM Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 I'm only at 100mg of Lamictal and my anhedonia is almost non-existent So Lamictal helped your anhedonia? I'm glad to hear it helped you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 (edited) Abilify put a dent in my depression at 15mg, but left me with anhedonia. Doxepin quashed my anhedonia. My pdoc seems to think that the older tricyclics work better for difficult cases of depression/anhedonia. The Abilify/doxepin combo is the only thing that ever worked for me. YMMV. Good luck! Edited October 24, 2015 by Flash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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