Connection between visualisation and libido. Experiment.

[Ghost]

^You can't link those symptoms because anhedonia doesn't cause them. It medically doesn't exist.

If Anhedonia made you have numbed skin and genitals, it would be in the medical literature. There are over 14 million abstracts on Pubmed, and NOT ONE that I have ever found claims that depression or anhedonia can numb your genitals.


Example: A person has the symptoms:

fever
sore throat
severe headaches
muscle aches
joint pain
swollen lymph nodes

What do you as a doctor do?

You could realize that these symptoms are all symptoms of HIV/AIDS, and rush to the conclusion that because many of the symptoms of the disorders overlap that they must have the same cause.

However, this clearly is very unlikely to be the case, and further medical review would show that this person is lacking other common symptoms of HIV, and likely just has the flu.

The overlap of a few symptoms doesn't constitute a definite diagnosis. If that were the case we'd all have AIDs, Cancer, Herpes, Polio, the black plague etc etc I could go on all day

[Ghost]

"My sisters both got Anhedonia/PSSD before ever touching SSRIs, with the same symptoms as on this forum."

No they didn't. You can't get PSSD without touching an SSRI becuase it's in the name.

[Ghost]

You also fail to realize that just because the SSRI takes away PSSD for YOU, it doesn't mean that it's becuase of the anhedonia.

[Ausguy222]

FWIW I have a very vivid imagination and libido and erections can still suck.
Imagination itself is not the driving force. The is an actual physical and neurological issue here.
We all can make the difference between wanting and not wanting stuff. Even when we want to, it still doesn't work.

[kongponleu88]

I'm on NSI-189 & using Ketamine. Also using Psilocybin occasionally. Ketamine is probably the most profound in returning pleasure overall,

[jaiho]

Potent combo that one kongpon, how's your experience with them?

[raven100]

had a pretty vivid dream last night about jaiho hijacking the forum and forcing me to take SSRIs lol, I think it was my first dream since withdrawal started, can't dream without visualisation

[Bigmum]

I hope that it wasn't erotic dream

[Marksanchez397]

I'm on NSI-189 & using Ketamine. Also using Psilocybin occasionally. Ketamine is probably the most profound in returning pleasure overall,

Hi kongponleu88. i would like to know your PSSD story. How Many time did you get SSRI? when your PSSD starts? Wich SSRI did you take? Wich are your sinthoms? Improvements you've had?