Blankedonia Databaseblank mind · numb emotions
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I was hospitalized three separate times and coerced into taking an antipsychotic injection called: Aristada (Abilify) 1064MG, a two-month dose ... Three weeks after the injection, my life changed drastically ... I began to suffer severe side effects, including: ● Anhedonia / Emotional blunting ● Akathisia / Restlessness ● Depersonalization / Derealization ● Cognitive impairment ● A blank mind / Aphantasia ● Muted orgasms / Loss of libido ... After a year of emotional numbness and being unable to feel love, joy or anything that brought me pleasure. ... I am medication FREE!
Cause
Reddit r/anhedonia first-person OP (same recovery arc also posted as 1hrmeip — same person, not separately logged): coerced Aristada (Abilify) 1064 mg 2-month injection during hospitalizations, plus oral Abilify 15 mg and Lexapro 10 mg (~3.5 months medicated in 2023). Attributes anhedonia/emotional blunting + blank mind/aphantasia (and DP/DR, cognitive impairment, muted orgasms) to that stack. Unused r/anhedonia; unused Aristada-primary BOTH. Live Reddit 403; quote from search-index OP excerpts.
Duration
Onset ~3 weeks after Aristada; ~1 year of emotional numbness/blank cluster before major improvement; tapered Abilify/Lexapro Aug 2023; trialled Parnate from Apr 2023 then later medication-free
Recovery notes
Credits stopping Aristada/Abilify/Lexapro and a Parnate (MAOI) trial that improved cognition/emotion/libido, then becoming medication-free. Related 1hrmeip post said ~80% back vs pre-March-2023 baseline while still on Parnate 15 mg ~9 months; later 1mn1p5k frames full medication-free recovery. No later relapse update in available excerpts.
Source URL
https://www.reddit.com/r/anhedonia/comments/1mn1p5k/recovery_is_possible/

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