have you examined the idea that maybe the reason why you are happy yet cant get any pleasure from activities is that you have a personality issue? its possible and would explain the contradictory nature of your attention seeking posts that often don't really make that much sense other than the schema "i think drugs solve problems, therefore i can justify use of them with a medical need for them them". its not like drug companies haven't done that with adhd sofar...
I justify using drugs because they make me euphoric, i think the whole "oh they help medically so i justify getting high thing" doesnt make any sense at all, all humans (mostly) use recreational substances for recreation, it doesnt make any sense whatsoever.
I really cant see how a personality issue can cause anhedonia, i live my life when anhedonic too but it just feels like torture.
You're not an addict so you don't really *need* to be doing this. You also say your mood is relatively stable most of the time. So why start pursuing all this neurochemical fuckery? I just don't get it.
When used long-term, drugs that enhance pleasure tend to cause down-regulation or outright receptor damage. You'll just end up so far below baseline that you're going to be crawling on all fours back to your normal life again. If you can still get enjoyment out of things without drugs then don't fuck with it.
If your life doesn't feel good the change your life, not your brain.
Anhedonia is unrelated to mood, as you said long term addiction can induce anhedonia and so can antidepressants, if you have anhedonia how could changing your life help? I dont see any reason for that either as i have the life i want, do the same things when im anhedonic as i know its how i wonna live life and i dont feel anhedonic everyday.
Thats the whole point i dont get enjoyment out of anything without drugs, lol that would be quite idiotic to use drugs for anhedonia when you have enjoyment without them, but i suppose its for those that need an excuse to use drugs, like religious ppl not following the rules but justifying it by being good people is maybe related to that.
The reason for that?
Imagine mdpv doesnt enhance sexual pleasure anymore nor delay ejaculation while the full effects and euphoria are still there, thats kinda an example with what i mean how differened things modulate differened aspects of reward.
Maybe its just me but i dont understand why youd need to use a excuse to use drugs, it seems dead obvious that leading a boring life can lead to something like "anhedonia" and its obviously far more convienient if my issue was possible to fix without drugs as id feel not anhedonic all the time, so going to drugs when you dont need to seems stupid too (then id just take them to get high). But seems many individuals lack some common logic so i suppose ppl assume the same for me.
