UnknownBoth symptoms clearrxisk.org (comment)2019-02-27

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“lack of inner monologue(no mind chatter-completely blank)… anhedonia, avolition, aboulia… complete personality loss… I felt totally brain dead and went for a QEEG-that proved I was basically chemically lobotomized… from a highly active, life of the party… to a completely dependent, brain dead drooling Alzheimer’s/dementia patient”

Cause: Brandi Le Pard: ~6 different antipsychotics over ~9 months after misdiagnosis (Primary Psychotic Disorder NOS → Schizophrenia label); then small-trial antidepressants, benzos, beta blockers. Frames state as chemical lobotomy from antipsychotics; later said not true psychosis (micro-psychosis / autistic + ADD/OCD). Medical Laboratory Technologist baseline.
Duration: onset during/after 9-month AP course; comment Feb 2019 describes acquired cluster (duration off-drug not quantified in comment)
Recovery notes: Comment is past-tense narrative of severe disability (followed mom around house). Jul 2021 peer asked what helped because she seemed articulate — no Brandi reply found on page. No explicit first-person recovery claim in comment.
Source URL: https://rxisk.org/could-your-stimulant-or-antidepressant-cause-dementia/#comment-23330

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