Posted by d0pamine on August 9, 2007, at 4:38:34
In reply to Re: Help! Severe anhedonia, posted by Cheryl-Lynn on August 8, 2007, at 20:57:11
> Oh god, you mean there's really hope?! I've begun to wonder if I'll ever feel joy again - it feels like it's been too long, like maybe something's broken in there (my head).
> I'm going to research this stuff. How long did you suffer with anhedonia and were you also treatment resistant? And this EMSAM really worked that well - how long did it take?
> Sorry for all the questions, I just want so badly to feel again - I'm desperate.
> Hugs
> Cher
>
I've only had to deal with it for maybe 15 years and I've tried a pile of other things, but nothing else has really helped except adderall, but it took a very high dose and I think that stuff really started to eat away at my insides after about 6 years. Yes, EMSAM really worked that well for me and I think I've used it for somewhere around 1.5 years (minus 4 terrible weeks). But if you're considering it, make sure you don't start out with the 6mg patch as it seems to be worthless as far as I can tell and the 9mg patch for me is really only enough to tease me about feeling normal, but with the 12 and about 6 weeks after starting it I really began to feel what I believe to be "normal" (if there really is such a thing)..I'm afraid that so many folk have got used to something that makes them feel about half lit up or half turned off that normalcy just doesn't feel quite right, but for me, it's just fine. Don't forget though as far as it starting to work for you goes it really doesn't happen slowly. If it works for you, you'll feel almost nothing for the first 5 weeks or so then somewhere around the morning of the 6th or 7th week you'll wake up one morning and be driving to work and notice how excited you are about getting there. It's nuts.
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