“She adds that grief and anxiety can cause anhedonia, and the condition has been linked to anorexia, schizophrenia, substance abuse disorders, Parkinson’s, PTSD, and other mental health conditions, according to Dr. Albers-Bowling.”
I’m currently on 5mg of abilify and the anhedonia hasen’t really gone. Now I’m thinking of fixing my mild anxiety with folinic acid if that would solve the problem.
I don’t have anxiety really so I know that isn’t my cause. But it’s possible I may have PTSD from all the scary delusions I used to have. I dunno. All I know for sure is that it sucks.
@Bowens I’m supplementing now with zinc to see if abilify starts working for anhedonia.
“The body needs only a little but the mineral does a lot. More importantly, the brain needs zinc to manage dopamine .”
“When rodents are fed a zinc-deficient diet, they develop depression-like symptoms, including anorexia, anhedonia, increased anxiety behaviour , and increased periods of immobility, which have been reported in a number of studies”