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“I’ve been on olanzapine for 6 months and it’s caused me to feel numb and mind is blank. Did anyone have experience switching from olanzapine? Did your emotions come back?”
Cause
Reddit r/bipolar2 first-person OP u/Entire_Platform8229: on olanzapine 6 months. Attributes emotional numbness + mind blanking to olanzapine; asking which antipsychotic does not cause that and whether emotions returned after switching. Unused r/bipolar2; distinct from known Antipsychiatry olanzapine 1jzt7xv/1jqum9b and Shane88L WD.
Duration
6 months on olanzapine at posting; still numb+blank on-drug
Recovery notes
No recovery claimed. Asking about switches (Latuda/Abilify/Seroquel/Caplyta etc. suggested by others). No later OP update Enriched from arctic-shift full OP selftext (2026-09-13). Live Reddit: still numb+blank on olanzapine 6 months; asking if emotions returned after switching; no OP follow-ups.
Source URL
https://www.reddit.com/r/bipolar2/comments/1gp2ivh/is_there_any_antipsychotic_that_doesnt_cause/

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