Posted by jerrympls on August 30, 2004, at 19:11:10
In reply to Role of Dopamine in anhedonia?(chemist, linkadge), posted by Maximus on August 29, 2004, at 13:19:50
> Hi there,
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> I was wondering how dopamine plays in anhedonia.
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> To make a long story short, when i take a dopamine agonist like Ritalin, i feel stoned, more detached.
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> But actually i'm taking Seroquel, a dopamine antagonist, and i feel more alive, more empathetic. I would say that Seroquel awakens something, somewhere in the brain.
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> Any theories?
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> Thanks!Weird - Seroquel blunted all my pleasure centers....stimulants do the opposite...
Jerry
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