Posted by Else on December 4, 2001, at 12:44:46
I've been struggling from a lack of drive/motivation/enthusiasm for several years now. This is a problem that ressembles depression but even when I feel OK I still desperately lack motivation. This is most obvious during the holiday seasons when doing things other people seem to enjoy doing (having people over, buying presents, eating good food...) always feels like a chore. I hate this. No anti-depressant has ever been helpful and I have tried lots. I read somewhere that this had to do with impaired dopamine function but I am on 60mg of Ritalin a day and it doesn't seem to be helping. I have lost all interest in sex a couple of years ago and it doesn't look like my libido is coming back any time soon even though I am only 26.
I have read that MAOIs produced "recovery with delight" unlike other ADs. Maybe delight is what is missing here. One thing that does make me enthusiastic however (the only thing) is alcohol. I find that sedative-hypnotics that produce disinhibition are key here. I felt the same way when I first started taking clonazepam, before I developped a tolerance to this particular effect (disinhibition, that is). Is anybody familliar with this correlation between disinhibition and drive? Have any studies been made? I am quite curious about this.
poster:Else
thread:85963
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