And did/ do you feel anhedonia when not on anti psychotics?
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Pretty bad. I used to love reading and socialising. Now these things are hard for me. I don’t know if it’s the meds or just me
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Do you just have no desire to socialize or are you self conscious or both? And with reading is it because u can’t concentrate or have no interest in what’s happening in the book?
I do hav a desire to socialise but feel self conscious. With reading it is both lack of interest and inability to concentrate.
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Do you feel sexual anhedonia? Do you have the actual inability to feel psychological sexual arousal?
I do not feel anhedonia sexually, but I hate the idea of sex so I hav not had it, and I try not to masturbate
Is sexual anhedonia ( not from APs) uncommon among most ppl diagnosed with schizophrenia?
I couldn’t feel anything for 4-5 years. Time and a little luck with supplements helped. I liked aniracetam but it increases dopamine.
I don’t get excited about anything anymore. I don’t laugh either. I feel like I’ve lost my sense of humor.
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I’m not sure, I would guess that it is unccomon when not caused by meds.
Why do u ask? Do u hav anhedonia?
Yes, I have a distinct loss of mental " response" to stimuli. It just is like I can’t feel the same feelings I used to no matter how hard I try. And specifically sexually I cannot feel sexual arousal in my head unless I use amphetamines and also have complete genital anesthesia. The physical sensations have literally even perceptually changed. My genitals are no longer " erogenous" , they feel the same as finger or leg. It’s wierd because noone else seems to have this. And it’s not AP induced either. It’s also real because it’s caused a rise in prolactin and drop in testosterone at the young age of 19-26. No other explanation for it. When I use amphetamines my dopamine rises and prolactin falls and I get my " feelings" back and the erogenous zones become erogenous again, but as soon as I’m sober they get removed from my mind like my mind gets a block inside it. I’m assuming it’s caused by my illness because it all coincided with other symptoms but it’s so artpical when compared to others. Some psychiatrist s don’t believe me
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I am sorry u r struggling with this. It sounds hard. I wudnt recommend using amphetimines tho, I hav heard they r similar in structure to methamphetamine.
Yes amphetamines worked but only for a short while til tolerance built. And the anhedonia is even worse after using amphetamines. I’m trying the dopamine agonist cabergoline now.
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Anhedonia is always there for me.
I can still read a book but I have no sex drive. Nothing arouses me much. I’m better off without sex really.
I can’t enjoy video games, anime, music, drawing, or socializing anymore while taking meds. It’s the complete opposite when I don’t take meds.
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I have anhedonia pretty bad. I had it before I started antipsychotics. I still enjoy sex though but admittedly it doesn’t feel as good as it did before I got sick.
A couple months ago I had erectile dysfunction but I don’t teally have it anymore thankfully. It was Geodon. I thought it was Latuda
Yea ive had it for about over 2 years now. Its gotten better over time but i still dont enjoy skateboarding, video games, and smoking weed any more. Im assuming its the AP but ill probably never find out cause it might leave a permanent anhedonia affect on me even if when i get weened off the invega. Alot of people recover from AP anhedonia but idk if they were on the AP as long as my pdoc wants me to be.
I have anhedonia as well, nothing gives me pleasure anymore, I don’t have any hobbie anymore, I don’t even dare to listen to music because it sounds flat. I’ve never had it before my first Invega injection.
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