Not recoveredreddit (snapshot)
“currently have a completely blank mind, no emotions or motivation and my personality is none existent!”
Cause: 3 paliperidone (Xeplion/Invega Sustenna) injections; 4 months off
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24-acrobatic-olanzapine-same-cluster
Open original source ↗“I felt like that on olanzapine. I was not myself and i hated it. I'm now on quetiapine and it's better for side effects”
- Cause
- olanzapine (then switched); endorses OP's no-thoughts / no inner monologue / shell cluster
- Duration
- not stated
- Recovery notes
- Switched to quetiapine: better side effects, weaker efficacy; still takes risperidone when less well and feels different on it.
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Recoveredreddit (snapshot)
“It's what I went through. I've recovered from it thank God through time and through eventually reducing the antipsychotic I was taking enough.”
Cause: antipsychotic (too-high dose); same blank mind / no emotions cluster as OP
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“I can FEEL again. Mentally, physically, emotionally I can feel... truly, i didn't have a single thought go thru my head... There was absolutely nothing behind my eyes. I lost the ability to think. It…”
Cause: 9 years of antipsychotics + SSRIs + mood stabilizers starting at age 17 after a DID diagnosis; self-wean over 2 months…
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“Does anyone feel like they have no thoughts, inner drive or creativity while on Risperidone? I also can't formulate thought or have no inner monologue. I feel like a shell of myself”
Cause: risperidone (on-drug at posting)
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