Blankedonia Databaseblank mind · numb emotions
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But my complaint was that something felt different. I had a blank mind and my emotions were not all present. … Currently, I have what feels like bad neuropathy … and increased emotional numbness, cognitive dysfunction, and anhedonia … thoughts don’t flow from my mind as fluently as they usually do when I write.
Cause
UpsAndDowns (US, age 21 at intro): only three doses sertraline 25 mg (Aug 19, 20, 22 2022) for OCD; third dose kindled severe anxiety/dissociation/emotional numbness; stopped. Attributes protracted windows/waves WD to those doses (possible herbal sensitization Oct 22 2022 noted).
Duration
blank mind + incomplete emotions in first month off; waves with emotional numbness/anhedonia/cognitive slowing through 2022–2023; still some ups/downs at ~3+ years (Nov 2025)
Recovery notes
Windows/waves; exercise, walks, sleep, acceptance/AAF, avoiding neuro-emotion spirals; no reinstatement. Apr–May 2023 closer to baseline; Jul 2023 plateau contentment; Nov 26 2025: doing well overall, enjoys nature/puzzles/music more, finished master’s, less hypersensitive, still some focus/motivation challenge and social drain vs pre-WD.
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https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/forums/topic/28143-upsanddowns-3-doses-of-sertraline-windows-and-waves/

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