Posted by Jim45 on February 3, 2009, at 15:48:13
In reply to Re: Your vote to treat ANHEDONIA, posted by X_ander on January 19, 2009, at 20:09:15
After coming off high-dose Effexor that I'd been taking for years, I went through INCREDIBLE dysphoria, anhedonia, amotivation, social phobia, and an AWFUL mental phenomena like a very vague headache, but no pain, just a feeling of misery from the first thing in the AM until I went to sleep at night. I also thought I was dying and wanted to die.
Different elements of the above lasted months. I was still suffering from others after 2 years off the Effexor.
I got tired of missing out on this short life, and seeing others, and my Dad is dying and needs help, so I went back to the medicines (less suboxone) I was on back then. I started taking LOW doses of non-time release Effexor - 37.5 mg daily dived into 1/3 and taken every 3-4 hours, and Selegiline - a 5 mg tablet daily divided into 1/4 and taken every 2 hours. Most importantly, and also the reason for the strange Effexor/Selegiline regimen, I've been taking Phenylethylamine - about 100 mg - every hour or so from around 10 or 11 AM to 6 or 7 PM. I've been on this regimen for over 2 months now and I'm still happy with it.
I have my life back now, I'm motivated, happy (most of the time) and feel like I haven't felt in YEARS.
I'm a 45 year old 200 pound male, so the dose/times are for my physiology and for the symptoms I gave above. People need to be careful with PEA and Selegiline. I've been continuously experimenting to get the doses/times right, and still do so. The Effexor further complicates this regimen because it effects blood pressure.
A warning/word of caution - overdoing it can be dangerous and possibly addictive for some people.
There's my vote if you're experiencing what I did.
Best wishes and luck finding something to help you. LIFE IS TOO SHORT to miss out on because you're miserable.
Jim
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