depression but at some point it started feeling like a hindrance when trying to feel myself, and some
ED trouble on top too. but now quitting it is hellish, even with sertraline, which i'm currently upping from 50 to 75, hope that helps and supplementing it with nsi, but only 15 mg at the moment.
at some point i experimented with low-dose psychedelics and had some great and liberating experiences, but i still had to go back on ADDs. my mid-term goal though is switching to agomelatine, which is not serotonergic nor noradrenalinergic, therefore shouldnt interact (much) with psychedelics.
After much research I have come to feel that a substantial portion of the individuals suffering from ED, have it's cause traced back to cognitive decline. (Grey matter shrinkage in the hippocampus?)
Whether it is depression causing one to withdraw and experience less "new things" to excite our brains and grow neurons, or the reduction of blood flow due to the slow buildup of junk in our arteries, or the less exercise we get as we become adults with jobs who sit all day and then relax in front of the TV at night...
For many it may be a vicious cycle... Depression over something (a girl for instance), causing one to not do much, causing brain "degeneration", causing ED, causing the depression to endure.
I never thought I'd say this, but I'd love to try psychedellics (LOW DOSE) to encourage neurogenesis, but am not willing to risk the consequences. (Jail, losing a very good job, etc...)