Loss of Life's Pleasures

[senglish510]

I have been taking Reta for a few months. I am on 5mg. These past few weeks, I am finding that I don't want to do anything I normally like to do. I don't find joy in any of my hobbies, food (expected), sex, socialization, spending time with my family, or anything else. I never want to leave my house, or even my couch.

My husband took my kids out of town last weekend and I had the house to myself. I stayed in my bedroom until 5pm, doing nothing but looking on my phone. I originally thought that my depression was just bad right now, even though this feels a bit different. After reading about anhedonia on Reta, I think that is exactly what is going on.

For anyone who has experienced this, did Wellbutrin or Auvelity help with the Anhedonia? Did anything else help to relieve it? Did going down in your dose help? I am desperate for this feeling to go away. I really don't want to live this way, but I also don't want to be fat anymore. Please help!

 

[tendency]

Yes, I had very bad anhedonia when I got up to ~4.5mg Reta/week. Fairly common side effect of Reta from what I've read. Never improved but fortunately hit my target and got off - feel much better on Tirz at maintenance.

I'm also prone to dopamine mood issues so it was kindof a double whammy.

 

[Rezwalker]

buy some tirz and switch
after reta leave your system you can restart it
i had it first and after my restart its all gone

 

[sixgallery]

Yes, I had this badly with Tirz and Wellbutrin made a significant improvement. The weekend would roll around and I would try to think of something, anything, that I wanted to do and there was just nothing. I'd end up sitting on the couch most of the day because I couldn't figure out what to do. There were zero sparks for anything.

Restarted Wellbutrin and saw improvement within about 5 days. I'm back to having interests and desire to do stuff now.

 

[Don]

It's pretty common on higher doses of Reta. From what I've seen, a lot of people start struggling with this once they get above 3–4 mg/week, although some experience it sooner and others later.

For me, it was honestly just part of the process. I've also heard that people on Tirz seem to have an easier time with these kinds of symptoms, but that's obviously anecdotal.

That said, there could be other factors contributing as well, such as not eating enough calories, not getting enough carbs, or even dehydration. It might be worth looking at those things before assuming it's entirely the medication, even if its a common case