236-askdoctors-paxil-lexapro-shikou-teishi-kanjou

“それから症状がより悪化してしまい 頭がボーとして思考停止で感情がわかず目の焦点が合いません。字を読むのがやっとな状態になってしまいました。…色々と心療内科に行っていますが、副作用があったとしてもそんなに続くことはないなど言われてしまいます。しかし間違いなく薬を飲んでからおかしくなりました。”

Cause

AskDoctors.jp first-person consult (M, 20s; 30 Apr 2025): Paxil/paroxetine ~3 tablets × ~10 months then abrupt CT ~5 years earlier → anxiety then emotions stop arising + focus problems; Lexapro ~3 years then CT ~Aug 2024; brief Lexapro restart Jan worsened insomnia/palpitations → stop; attributes foggy head + thought-stop + no emotions (and frontal-lobe-like / brain-fog framing) to SSRI exposure/withdrawal. Unused Japanese Q&A site; unused Paxil/Lexapro JP BOTH. Non-Invega.

Duration

Paxil ~10 months then CT; Lexapro ~3 years then CT Aug 2024; worse after Jan restart attempt; still 頭がボー/思考停止/感情がわかず at Apr 2025 consult (months off Lexapro)

Recovery notes

No recovery claimed. Multiple psychosomatic clinics told him side effects shouldn't last this long; insists onset after the drugs. Asking for treatment approaches / similar cases. Doctor replies discuss SSRI receptor adaptation and slow taper restart — no later OP recovery update on the page.

Source URL

https://www.askdoctors.jp/topics/5007568