“My symptoms came on after an episode of psychosis, and i've had a weird feeling ever since. It feels like im no longer human, i no longer experience a 'self',and haven't for 6 months. ... Im on an antipsychotic. ... I have severe emotional flatlining-the inability to experience emotions. These include emotions when you're relaxing, emotions in relation to memories, emotions to events that are happening around you, including grieving and anxiety. ... Brain feels blank and no spontaneous or important thoughts occur throughout the day at all. i can't ponder the universe anymore, or daydream. ... No inner dialogue that ponders about my future or past or present.”
“Currently on olanzipine but trying to taper off it, my mind is blank, I have no thoughts no emotions I don't know what to say to people I'm constantly zoned out. I can't remember anything short term…”
Cause: Reddit r/Antipsychiatry first-person OP: currently on olanzapine (spelled olanzipine), trying to taper. Attributes blan…
View case →“I live in supported accomodation and I am pretty much bed ridden, feel apathetic, no emotions, no thoughts, find it hard to maintain conversation, can't follow tv. I've been on olanzipine for nearly…”
Cause: Reddit r/Antipsychiatry first-person OP: forced onto olanzapine/Zyprexa in hospital (not labeled schizophrenic or bipol…
View case →“I took it for little less than 2 months. I did not like the blunting effect so I came off of it. Its been now 5 months since my last pill and I have never felt like myself again. My whole personality…”
Cause: Reddit r/prozac first-person OP (same person also posted r/antidepressants 1rhtx6o and r/Anxiety 1rgabsl): fluoxetine <…
View case →“I started on 5mg fluoxetine last august and after 2 weeks I was upped to 10mgs. I had a really rough onboarding period with almost every side effect from the book (tremors, anxiety, headaches, head p…”
Cause: Reddit r/antidepressants first-person OP (also r/prozac 1t47c83): first-ever med, fluoxetine 5 mg then 10 mg from last…
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