Is it possible to permanently fuck your dopamine receptors...

this user get it's. It's why I advocate intermittent fasting.

Not from jerkng off, only way to perma fry them is through years of Cocaine or MDMA abuse, you might be depressed,I had the same problem 3 years ago, it feels like a grey haze, nothing feels right and your'e apathetic towards everything, changed my way of thinking and living and it went away

Non-logical reason behind the anahedonia. Tell the psychiatrist you workout, though, or the SSRI/SNRI will most likely interfere with your lifting because it'll make you sleepy as fuck. Not in the "I'm so sleepy I can't even lift" way, but in the "I'm so sleepy I don't really want to go to the gym" way.

keto + nofap for a month or 2 also lay of the porn

also take zink bc deficancy can fuck with your sex drive

I spent a year doing meth and 10 years later I'm still fucked up from it

Meth isn't indirect stimulus. Meth is directly neurotoxic to adrenergic, dopaminergic and serotoninergic neurons, simply by being there, while amphetamines simply "burn" the neurons because of oxidative stress (i.e. the dopamine hangs around for so long, it decomposes, damaging your receptor in the process).

Sounds like monopolar depression. Drink 3-5 cups of green tea a day, lots of turmeric and black pepper. Lift harder, run more frequently, stop consuming soda and fast food. Do for several months and you will see I speak the truth husk user.

It's called depression you dingus

Preventative & non preventative treatment for depression:
> Regular exercise
> Regular sunshine
> Regular social interaction with peers
> Good sleep
> Good diet
> Limited stress

If you're depressed you're failing in one or more of those areas. Set a plan in motion to fix them and problem solved.

I have no idea, friend, on account of not reading your post. I am however in the market for more pictures on the same subject, if you would be so kind as to oblige?

>on account of not reading your post
its 3 lines you queer. that's grimes sucking a tit

I don't like food anymore either. Of all the things you listed the only ones Iike are working out and music. I listen to a lot of normie music, it's been pretty good lately,, give it a shot op.
>ONCE I WAS 7 YEARS OLD

doc gave me a script for vyvanse which is temp fixed the problem.
but yeah I feel you. I don't get pleasure from much anymore. doesn't help that I injured my left shoulder so working out is a drag atm. weirdly enough I have a gf :(

>tfw the latter
Seriously OP just go get treated for depression or switch up your lifestyle to try and find something fun. I'm living at home rn and this place is so caustic I keep getting this existential dread build-up I've never had before. I know once I get the fuck out of here back to uni I'll be fine again though

Breh, I kinda have the same thing but with my job. I fucking HATE it, but I can't seem to find another since the only experience I have outside of uni is with waiter/barman bullshit.

Starting my Masters in September so I can quit my job then, but lately i've been having a build up kind of thing. And the last 5 days it just all came out. Drank for 5 days, (like a bottle of vodka per day) and then yesterday I just had a bit of a breakdown and was sobbing into my best friends arms. Never had any form of depression before desu, but I don't have motivation to do anything. And especially go to work...

Go out into the woods for a week to reset.

>If you're depressed you're failing in one or more of those areas.

T. Knows nothing about depression

enjoyment is from serotonin, not dopamine.

make sure you're out in the sunlight as much as possible (you don't have to have your skin exposed to it, just be out in a light environment).

>Nothing else to do but achieve your goals.

What goals?
If you don't enjoy anything life becomes pointless and goals become unimportant, edgelord

>If you're depressed you're failing in one or more of those areas

What a load of fucking shit O hate you goddamn hippies

Who's that with grimes?

Did not one mention 5 htp or melatonin???

Looks like summer has truly begun

I'll jump in with a similar situation.
I work outdoors so sunlight isn't a problem for me.
I really don't enjoy jerking off anymore either, feels like a routine rather than I pleasure. Worth trying NoFap for a few weeks?

Could be separate issue, but for as long as I can remember, I've had almost no emotional response to other people being upset or crying, aside from a frustration for not being able to make it any better for them. Like... I've been to multiple funerals for close family of mine, and I've never once cried or felt a shred of sadness for them. But I still feel bad BECAUSE of that lack of empathy.
Don't get me wrong. I still feel happiness about stuff and love, but I really don't know what empathy is mean't to feel like. Is it an emotion as strong as humour or is it just supposed to be suble? I seriously don't know.
I care about people in my life, but if any of them died I really wouldn't be sad about it.

i'm in the same boat. i have to try to feel sorry/care about someone.

but when i watch sad movies i can cry. shit's weird

>melatonin
? explain

what are the bad effects of ritalin on your braind and body?

>tfw have felt this way for 10 years

That's called Depression. Take some 5-htp and D3.

real talk i've taken enough robitussin to kill a pack of silver back gorillas and ever since going cold turkey two years ago i noticed pot brings out latent schizophrenia in me now. I can still function and shit and have a good time but i cannot help but feel a little psycho. is this possible with dxm or am i just a weird motherfucker?

Not the user you replied to, but the last time I got so depressed and let myself go completely, it changed my life's trajectory in a really bad way. Since I don't have what it takes to kill myself, I have to make the best of it for when I feel better. Lost junk food cravings and a good amount of weight, but still going to the gym

10 lines on my phone. And the picture is still more interesting than the post.

>melatonin on fleek yassss

on depression every day is IF. You dont have appetite trust me now i just have a name for my lack of appetite if someone asks me

What nonsense

I'm sure there are people who can use that advice. Thanks for your contribution to the thread

Yes, it is possible.
No, currently you cant fix it, just learn to live with it. Drugs (self medication an prescription) do more harm than they help and I doubt you could get psychiatrists to authorize sticking an electrode in your brain to stimulate your pleasure centers directly.
Write a plan of action, outline a very specific very strict routine and stick to it.
Also read Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, join some organization where you can socialize often without much pressure like a church or a club from some former hobby.
Everything will feel like a chore but that's the way it is.
Eventually you'll get used to the emptiness.
If after a few years you can't bear it anymore, you can always write a new plan and try something new (although it will just be a different kind of suffering) or kys (it is always an option, but should never be the first option).

Is it possible for my brain to fix itself after years of drug abuse?
I remember I used to be happy.

It takes a real piece of shit to tell another human being to kill themselves.

Does it though? Don't be so closed minded that you think living is the best option for everybody. Maybe after living as OP described for a long time he deserves some peace

Some random slut

Well, it can give you a heart attack if you have an unhealthy heart and predisposition, or if you've had a dose too large. Other than an overdose, ritalin, like most dopaminergic drugs (e.g. aderall, bupropion, cocaine), won't damage your brain at all if you take clinical dosages (10mg max for neurotypicals, 40mg max for ADHD, 5mg max for autists). If the dose is exceeded, it may burn your receptors because of oxidative stress.
Like I said, other drugs are directly neurotoxic, like meth and MDMA. Actually, aside from amphetamines (the parent molecules, levo- and dextroamphetamine), most substituted amphetamines are neurotoxic.

>robitussin
Shit, just read the ingredient list. It's not only possible, it's VERY plausible. If I were you, I would've had a psychotic breakdown and may have ended up killing myself and 30 people in the process. But alas, my schizophrenia is nearly surfacing.

The problem isn't only DXM, but that it has a large coctail of anti-histamines, most of which are also anti-cholinergics too. On top of that, it also has codeine and pseudoephedrine, and opioid and an adrenergic drug, the first one increasing the chances of a psychotic breakdown after the trip and the latter increasing them during.

But I think the real issue you have is that your body grew addapted to it. Maybe a few benzodiazepines will help you control the symptoms. Valerian extract is a form of benzodiazepines, and one of the safest. I'd try it whenever you feel like any schizoid episode is about to happen.

Christ user, that's called being a sad sack of shit

Depression is a chemical imbalance in your brain and if it's bad enough, none of that shit will do anything to help (maybe temporarily, but not long-term)

How did you not get extremely painful withdrawal after that kind of binge?

5-HTP + St. John't Wort or light doses of psychedelics (not to be combined with other serotonergics like the aforementioned).

5-htp didn't do shit for me. tried that shit for months

5-htp won't do anything for you if you don't have a withdrawl from an SRI or if you aren't neurotypical. If you have heavy depression, congratulations, you're no longer neurotypical. Things that work for most won't work for you.

thats depression

well memed.

yeah i used to be like this. i had to find something that reactivated me.

you have something out there that will make you feel alive, i promise. you just have to find it.

my lifts are suffering from my depression

pls help

Checkt. Melatonin helps you sleep.

I fucking hate cunts like you who recommend shit like this.

Like reading marcus aurelius is going to help. Are you a scientologist or something?

He's a big guy

>tfw Grimes is a garbage """artist"""

Literally speaking the truth about depression and getting shit comments like these. You must feel like a real warrior man, keep up the good work.

Depression is not random or genetic you dumb cuckolds... It comes from being unhappy with your life, usually mixed with a feeling of being unable to change your situation...But you can always change your situation... Quit letting society do all the work for you please.

5-htp keeps me from being suicidal, I'd be dead if I had not learned about it. I have had major treatment resistant depression almost my whole life and that's the only thing that ever really helped me.

Then you must have some sort of synapse vesicle problem. I'm just guessing. For most people it isn't like that. Have you tried MAOIs? Just wondering.

>Have you tried MAOIs?
That's one of the few kinds I don't think I have tried. Honestly tho with all its side effects and risks I'd probably try psychedelics before I tried MAOIs.

the idea is to conserve all life for the possibility of producing something beautiful for either themselves or everybody else in the future, bruv.

That's why we avoid the kys alternative. We all know it's an alternative, but it's one that you just don't want to end up at.