Posted by Ritch on June 2, 2002, at 9:39:16
In reply to All I want is to enjoy listening to music again..., posted by Jerrympls on June 2, 2002, at 1:25:27
> Thank you all for the suggestions and your stories....However, I've tried everything and it's impossible to predict if and when the feeling will come back.
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> Let me clarify, in my original post I meant to convey that various AD meds were unsuccessful at helping restore my joy for music. I did not mean I had tried illegal narcotics, etc.
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> My main love is film music - John Williams is my hero. I have over 650 CD's staring at me right now...and they're dusty...99% of them having not been touched in years.
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> I do remember that when i started Luvox when it first came out that some of my love for music came back for a while. I also rememeber when I had my wisdom teeth out and was on a steady diet of Vicodin that music felt so wonderful -every note....*sigh*....Also, Ritalin opened the sensory gates and while I listened to music for a brief moment I could feel it alive again...briefly...
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> I think there's something wrong with my rewward system. But, how can one fix that? everything that can be done is being done to help me - I think. How do you tell your doc to help you to feel music and joy again?
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> I've tried switching genres, styles, artists, nothing. Bored. Plain. Grey. Line.
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> Here, try this: If anyone has this recording - Listen to Pines of Rome (movement IV: Pini della Via Appia) by Ottorino Respighi. It's an orgasmic ending - if not THE MOST orgasmic endings in romantic symphonic literature. So, play it as loud as you can a couple times through - it starts very soft and ends very loud.
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> Now, if your loudest volume level is 20, turn it down to 7 and face your speakers away from you and throw towels around your speakers to muffle the sound....
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> That's the closest I can get to try to describe what I hear and feel.
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> Plus, maybe some of you will like this piece...it can be very inspirational.
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> Thanks everyone....
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> JerryJerry, I know you have probably tried just about everything, but here's a combo I found that worked quite well for music appreciation: A low-dose of Celexa (say 5-10mg) combined with the DA-agonist pergolide (Permax). You could probably pitch a tad of dexedrine into that and you might have a neato combination.
just some thoughts,
Mitch
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