Not recoveredreddit (snapshot)
“currently have a completely blank mind, no emotions or motivation and my personality is none existent!”
Cause: 3 paliperidone (Xeplion/Invega Sustenna) injections; 4 months off
View case →RecoveredBoth symptoms clearreddit (snapshot)
21-toxiccart-polypharmacy-9yr
Open original source ↗“I can FEEL again. Mentally, physically, emotionally I can feel... truly, i didn't have a single thought go thru my head... There was absolutely nothing behind my eyes. I lost the ability to think. It was MUCH more then just being numb.”
- Cause
- 9 years of antipsychotics + SSRIs + mood stabilizers starting at age 17 after a DID diagnosis; self-wean over 2 months without clinician
- Duration
- 9 years on the stack (ages 17-26); ~3 months fully off at posting
- Recovery notes
- Credits stopping the meds. At ~3 months off: colors, taste, attention, and feeling (mental/physical/emotional) returned. Still distressed about lost years and a marriage made while numbed. Commenter CelestialMillennial described the same on-drug zombie state from forced antipsychotics.
More from reddit (snapshot)
Recoveredreddit (snapshot)
“It's what I went through. I've recovered from it thank God through time and through eventually reducing the antipsychotic I was taking enough.”
Cause: antipsychotic (too-high dose); same blank mind / no emotions cluster as OP
View case →Not recoveredreddit (snapshot)
“Does anyone feel like they have no thoughts, inner drive or creativity while on Risperidone? I also can't formulate thought or have no inner monologue. I feel like a shell of myself”
Cause: risperidone (on-drug at posting)
View case →Recoveredreddit (snapshot)
“I used to have that but it went away after taking it for 6 months.”
Cause: risperidone; same no-thoughts / no inner monologue / shell cluster as OP
View case →