is this the most idiotic and annoying PFS symptom ?

Symptoms Physical
#1

I don’t know how common is this symptom, but sometimes it feels like it drains me more than low libido and sex sides. I’m not sure how to name it, in my language there is specific phrase for it, but basically it is swallowing saliva too often. Before PFS, i associated it with situations in which someone is in a great stress, saliva production rises etc… But now, in the most banal social situations, the frequency of this ‘phenomenon’ can go up to several times in a minute or something.

I mean, it sounds ridiculous, and it is absolutely unbelievable for me that I ended up in a total breakdown like this, but it is really a great handicap in social interaction; I just feel people assume there is something wrong with me. I mean of course there is, but there is no need for all fucking world to know about it. And now I am unable not to think about it, and I guess it makes it even more severe. I noticed it at some people speaking on TV, but it is completely different level (of anxiety) comparing to a normal social interaction.
My first guess it has to do something with allopregnanolone levels, but does anyone have any clue on what causes this idiotic symptom and is there anything that can be done to at least, attenuate it ?

#2

Johnny5ar I think that hypersalivation is due to low level of dopamine, I have it too, it’s really annoying!

#3

yes, i’d def. say i have low dopamine. Primarily because of high prolactin, but there are also food cravings, low motivation… I guess when one neurotransmitter is imbalanced all the other go the same way. So, i wonder whether it is possible that the drop in allopregnanolone and hence gaba could have created the chain reaction…

#4

High and tight, thats all I need to say if you have it, you know what I mean.

#5

For me, the weird thing is that it only started a couple of months after I stopped fin, even though I had crashed many years before. It seems to be varying in intensity in my case. There were times when it was a real problem, but it’s not always like that. Low dopamine makes sense because mood and motivation have also been getting worse and worse since stopping.

#6

So you think shrinkage is also caused by low dopamine ? I remember one time I took bromocriptine (dopamine agonist) shrinkage disappeared for day or two… But, what makes you think it is caused only by low dopamine ?

Yeah, same with me, it didn’t start immediately after the crash, but months- maybe even a year after it… But, once it began, it has never stopped… I am now always thinking about it in every social interaction, and it doesn’t make things any better

#7

Where exactly did I say it was caused by dopamine? There is nothing in my post about dopamine not at all, not in the least.

#8

Misunderstanding… “if you have it”… I thought by it you were referring to … low dopamine