Ldn helps but causing anhedonia

[youness]

I'm taking ldn it helps and I need to take it , I take 0.1 mg every 3 day the problem it causing me very severe anhedonia but after stopping it for 5 days I improve just a little bit of anhedonia and I'm afraid it's irreversible and in the same time I need to take ldn .
Any solution for

 

[Rufous McKinney]

@Hip has a thread around here that talks about his experience with that symptom which he was able to improve.

I'll try to think of where it is, but that might take me a bit.

It might be possible that something else is triggering your anhedonia? Or, you're absolutely correct.

One thing I have noticed: is if you're improving a bit, if you're gaining some energy or feeling less toxic and awful, this provides some energy for "other emotional states" to show up. I might feel a bit MORE depressed, or less motivated. It's an odd thing. But might be at play.

I've been a bit more bored recently, I'm usually too exhausted to be bored. So I take that as a bit of a sign of maybe some improvements.

But clearly, you need to figure this out if you can.

 

[WinterWren]

I'm taking ldn it helps and I need to take it , I take 0.1 mg every 3 day the problem it causing me very severe anhedonia but after stopping it for 5 days I improve just a little bit of anhedonia and I'm afraid it's irreversible and in the same time I need to take ldn .
Any solution for

I experienced the same thing and all I could do was stop ldn unfortunately. The first time I stopped for just days the anhedonia lifted pretty quickly but then I went back on ldn for a few more weeks (I think weeks?) and when I stopped again it took weeks for the anhedonia to go away enough for me to feel at all ok. But it was months before I actually felt recovered from the experience.

I still wonder what would’ve happened if I’d pushed through but it was scary. I’d just sit and watch the clock, couldn’t enjoy a single minute of doing anything and lost all will to live. I was really worried it could become permanent.

 

[youness]

It terrifying

 

[youness]

@Hip has a thread around here that talks about his experience with that symptom which he was able to improve.

I'll try to think of where it is, but that might take me a bit.

It might be possible that something else is triggering your anhedonia? Or, you're absolutely correct.

One thing I have noticed: is if you're improving a bit, if you're gaining some energy or feeling less toxic and awful, this provides some energy for "other emotional states" to show up. I might feel a bit MORE depressed, or less motivated. It's an odd thing. But might be at play.

I've been a bit more bored recently, I'm usually too exhausted to be bored. So I take that as a bit of a sign of maybe some improvements.

But clearly, you need to figure this out if you can.

It's ldn , it stops also the negative emotions

 

[cfs since 1998]

I've been on LDN for about 5 weeks...after reading this thread I'm starting think I might have mild anhedonia as well. The past week after I went from 1mg to 1.5mg has been particularly noticeable.

 

[Rufous McKinney]

maybe I already had anhedonia and did not discern the LDN leading to it.

It seems like if I become motivated to "do something more"...I am rewarded with "Guess What? PEM

I got into creative head space recently, and simply sat in my chair where I often sit, and thought about "writing up" some story or another. I was really enjoying this thinking about it.

It seems I'm not even allowed to think the thought...this is fun,.

 

[Rufous McKinney]

I decided to look up this word. Anhedonia. What does it mean?

Oh yes, I'm in that state every day. I'd love to sit or stand at the table, and paint a picture. I don't even care if it turns out. But what happens whenever I do that? PEM

So I look at the area, and its more PTSD than creativity.

Wow, thats a poem, or haiku.

Sounds like it's tied to Sickness Behavior, which AI is not informed about in our case. People with TBI experience it. TBI is now part of our study cohort, sometimes.

I hardly ever want to eat. I hate swallowing. The food does not taste desirable. I don't even like how it looks.

Why? I dont' know. I put off eating as long as I possibly can, pretending it's "intermittent fasting".

Earlier today, I noted my entire lack of interest/energy in My Career, which spanned over 45 years. My whole life was dedicated to That Effort. I should still care. I try to find this place, where caring still exists, and its: missing? I can muster up the intellectual thought, but not the internal Passion I felt for so very long.

 

[cfs since 1998]

I'm taking ldn it helps and I need to take it , I take 0.1 mg every 3 day the problem it causing me very severe anhedonia but after stopping it for 5 days I improve just a little bit of anhedonia and I'm afraid it's irreversible and in the same time I need to take ldn .
Any solution for

Hi youness,
Do you take LDN at night or in the morning?
I wonder if it makes a difference as far as causing anhedonia.