“I can't read and comprehend anything (brain fog/slowed thinking). Inability to generate thoughts (blank mind). ... I lack motivation and the ability to enjoy anything ( even things I love) like there's no reward system for me. ... I feel a void, empty feeling inside my chest most of the time.”
“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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