“My depersonalization started when I tried prozac several years ago... The only times my depersonalization has completely lifted were 3 times last year while I was going through a (very very long) withdrawal from klonopin: each time I came out of the DP was on the first day of my period - I woke up on that first day and was completely back (world was 3D again, colors were bright, internal monologue had switched back on, could recognize my reflection, had access to the full range of emotions, could "feel" music again, etc). I swear I could feel my entire brain lighting up. ... Then the next day I woke up and was gone again”
“blank mind/inner monologue - no "drifting off" in thought… no deep emotions… @Michael: totally, I feel like I have no emotions at all… Now my mind is always "silent" and blank, like I've completely d…”
Cause: Severe DP/DR after fighting thoughts/emotions one morning until mind 'disconnected' and went silent (New York). Depress…
View case →“For me when i first got it, i was tired, no DP, no anhedonia, then i got DP, then a year later it changed to anhedonia, then the final stage was blank mind/ no imagination/no emotions… No feelings, e…”
Cause: Progressive depression/DP path: tired → DP → anhedonia → final stage blank mind / no imagination / no emotions. Attribu…
View case →“Emotions were blunted, distant, indistinct… only experiencing 10% of the full emotion… That constantly-flowing river of emotions, internal monologue, subconscious thought, was just gone… where all my…”
Cause: desvenlafaxine (Pristiq) SNRI ~4 months (fall 2013) for social anxiety; 2-week taper; off mid-November 2013; symptoms w…
View case →“my mind is blank all the time, like someone turned off my brain. I just look at things and I can't think… The other symptoms are anhedonia and huuuuge apathy… anhedonia very slowly progressed to this…”
Cause: Onset ~age 15 during stressful period; slow progression of anhedonia then blank mind. Rejects depression/schizophrenia…
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