100-colinboko-accutane-blank-numb

“Anhedonia (gaming, music and art the thinks I loved all my life now do nothing for me, no emotional connection, no excitement… This affects everything I do…) … I don't really think or feel anything, im just in this very moment… I'm very spaced out and the top of my brain always feels weird… my mind is very distant from me… I have no joy or interest or motivation with life. … I'm genuinely frightened even though I cannot feel that emotion… If i could get my eyesight, penis and emotions bsck that'd be a life worth living… [endorses pasted list as almost me exactly:] Having a blank mind a lot. Not thinking about much or staring off.”

Cause

isotretinoin/Accutane (username colinboko, age ~20 at post); crash after course — genital anesthesia, anhedonia, blank/distant mind framed as post-Accutane. Mentions prior light tinnitus he blames on earlier SSRI use (not named as cause of blank+numb cluster).

Duration

~10 months housebound at Jun 2018 posting (post-Accutane course timing: sides during drug then rapid downhill after stop; exact months off not fully pinned)

Recovery notes

Single long symptom inventory post; no recovery claimed. Says not really living; wants eyesight, penis sensation, and emotions back; will give it time. Peer replies debate psychosomatic vs neuro; no OP recovery follow-up on this page.

Source URL

https://www.acne.org/forums/4-prescription-acne-medications/295030-repairing-the-long-term-damage-from-accutane/paged/604