It's none of these because I've tried to increase each one (gaba, glutamate, dopamine, etc), and they make me even more anhedonic. I think histamine is the key here.
Histamine, you say?
Okay, here's a simple, cheap and fairly harmless experiment:
We know alcohols, especially wines, not only contain a lot of histamine, but also contain chemicals which trigger systemic histamine release in the body. This is one of the reasons I don't touch alcohol as a migraineur (the other reason is the tyramine content of alcohol).
Eat high histamine foods and see what happens. So something with vinegar, aged foods (meats, cheeses), walnuts, cashews, chocolate
Also try foods that contain chemicals that trigger systemic histamine release, especially citrus fruits, tomatoes, chocolate
And try things that contain DAO blockers like black tea (inhibit the breakdown of histamine)
Alcohol does all three of these things with histamine.
But keep in mind your problem might not be just GABA or just histamine or just one other thing. It could easily be a combination. Or something else entirely could be going on
Edited by Duchykins, 12 March 2017 - 04:08 AM.