# How bad is you anhedonia? **URL:** \ **Category:** Diagnosed Sz or Sza\ **Created:** [March 12, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-bad-is-you-anhedonia/3635 "2026-03-12T12:24:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eternalaether](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/eternalaether/32/85_2.png) [@Eternalaether](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Eternalaether)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-bad-is-you-anhedonia/3635/1 "2026-03-12T12:24:07Z")
On 150mg Paliperidone pm and 10mg aripriprazole daily. Food, cigarettes and vape just doesn’t hit the same. I listen to music all day to boost dopamine. The dopaminergic hypothesis of schizophrenia is total bs and is pseudoscientific. We all need dopamine to function. No wonder those with sz smoke so much; to compensate. ---
**Author:** ![Mars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/mars/32/4869_2.png) [@Mars](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Mars)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-bad-is-you-anhedonia/3635/2 "2026-03-12T12:28:37Z")
Mine is way better on Invega. ---
**Author:** ![shutterbug](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/shutterbug/32/900_2.png) [@shutterbug](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/shutterbug)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 12:52pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-bad-is-you-anhedonia/3635/3 "2026-03-12T12:52:22Z")
> [@Eternalaether](#): > > Food, cigarettes and vape just doesn’t hit the same. Five will get you ten they’re behind most of it. My negative symptoms disappeared when I switched to clean eating with regular exercise and pumped up the probiotics and prebiotics in my diet. Any time I have a cheat day and eat “normal” food (e.g. processed garbage) the negs come roaring back. ---
**Author:** ![Mars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/mars/32/4869_2.png) [@Mars](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Mars)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-bad-is-you-anhedonia/3635/4 "2026-03-12T12:56:30Z")
Yeah I had a big arch and feel awful today ---
**Author:** ![kali](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/kali/32/12634_2.png) [@kali](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/kali)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-bad-is-you-anhedonia/3635/5 "2026-03-12T13:01:18Z")
My anhedonia is pretty bad and there is this ongoing joylessness regardless what I do to 🙁 alleviate it. ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-bad-is-you-anhedonia/3635/6 "2026-03-12T13:01:40Z")
I don’t have anhedonia. I feel pleasure with music, books, foods, naps ---
**Author:** ![Eternalaether](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/eternalaether/32/85_2.png) [@Eternalaether](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Eternalaether)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-bad-is-you-anhedonia/3635/7 "2026-03-12T14:14:11Z")
I feel nothing. I need my herbs. ---
**Author:** ![Wave](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/wave/32/14465_2.png) [@Wave](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Wave)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-bad-is-you-anhedonia/3635/8 "2026-03-12T16:03:33Z")
Yes, anhedonia is an issue for me but I try to manage it. I used to love all kinds of music but today I don’t find it as pleasurable ---
**Author:** ![Relaxe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@Relaxe](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Relaxe)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-bad-is-you-anhedonia/3635/9 "2026-03-12T18:47:17Z")
This was the first day in some years that I finally found a little bit of pleasure in doing some small things. ---
**Author:** ![SzSupportAdmin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/szsupportadmin/32/334_2.png) [@SzSupportAdmin](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/SzSupportAdmin)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 11:10am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/how-bad-is-you-anhedonia/3635/10 "2026-04-22T11:10:08Z")