Week 7 on Reta. The Anhedonia (loss of interest) I’ve experienced so far.

I have experienced some noticeable changes in my 7 weeks of Reta use but I have not experienced anything wild like I’ve read here on Reddit (yet?). I’ve seen some posts where some may not want to spend time with friends or family but so far I’ve been lucky to not be on that boat.

My (38M) weekly Reta pinning so far has been-
Week 0 (starting dose): 0.5 mg
Week 1: 1 mg
Week 2: 1.5 mg
Week 3: 2 mg
Week 4: 3 mg
Week 5: 4 mg
Week 6: 5 mg
Week 7: 6 mg

Here are 3 things that I used to “love” that have changed while on Reta.

Caffeine
Before Reta: I used to drink a lot of caffeine. One energy drink or pre workout before my 5am F45 class. Another before my second F45 class (I do doubles on resistance days). Another one after F45 before work at 8am. And then another one during work (about 10am or 12pm). Depending on if I had something to do after work I would drink another. So I drank about 4-5 200mg energy drinks a day. Not counting my diet sodas throughout the day and with meals.

On Reta: I drink one before the gym and maybe one before work that I typically sip on throughout the day.

Last War mobile game
Before Reta: I would spend most of the day playing. Wake up, check my base, do AR, make sure alliance tech donations are maxed, etc. Gold zombies? I’m up all day with very little sleep taking out as many of them as I can and setting alarms.

On Reta: Occasionally check my base. I still do some things when I wake up but I’m noticing I’m getting alerts now for maxed out production of resources or stamina when before I rarely got them because I was on top of it. Alliance tech, I notice I forget to do it but still max out the 30/30 contribution when I remember. It could be because we just finished season 3 and it’s getting boring but I think it’s also Reta

Alcohol
Before Reta: Double fisting tall boys at baseball and soccer games drinking at least 4 tall cans per game. Going out I was buying pitchers and 6 beers was my average when going to dinner with friends.

On Reta: One tall boy and still have some left over when the game is over. When out at dinner, only one michelob ultra. A few times I’ve drank more than that but that’s only been twice in the last 8 weeks and one of those occasions was my birthday. This change could be due to Reta but I think it also has to do with being more on top of tracking macros and wanting to reach my goals.

I’m still vaping and using zyns at my normal rate so I’m hoping that my anhedonia expands to nicotine at some point.