“So — they can take away my T-meds when they can pull them from my cold dead hands.”
*Grinning* Dude, I feel you! And yes, it really is all about quality of life in the end, isn’t it? It’s uplifting and validating to read about the answers you’ve found and the life-changing improvement you’re experiencing. (We just exchanged posts on a related thread.) I know about the syndrome you had simply from the reading I did while trying to find answers for my anhedonia.
It was when I experienced the shock of spontaneous galactorrhea that I realized something had been driving my prolactin up (and when prolactin is elevated, dopamine goes down). I *do* have a past thyroid problem (Hashimoto’s)—but my TSH has continued to test within normal range. What did show up was extremely low iron stores (ferritin), which is also known to have an inverse relationship with prolactin.
Now I take an effective dosage of iron, have tapered down to just a few sprinkled grains of the SSRI (soon to be none at all), and I use the Wellbutrin with my Concerta.
And I too can hear the band playing again.