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Open original source ↗“This anhedonia and head pressure is killing me. Its literally like parts of my brain are completely missing and blank. I feel chemically lobotomized. My emotions, inner monologue, drive, dreams, hopes, its all gone. I don’t even feel anxiety or panic. Just nothingness almost 24/7... I took fluoxetine 7 weeks (including 3 weeks taper). Am off the meds for 4,5 months.”
- Cause
- r/ADprotractedwithdrawl first-person u/Automatic_Basil_7075 (16 Feb 2026): fluoxetine 7 weeks (incl. 3-week taper); off ~4.5 months. Attributes blank mind / chemically lobotomized feeling + anhedonia with emotions, inner monologue, drive, dreams, hopes all gone / nothingness almost 24/7 to post-fluoxetine protracted withdrawal. Unused ADprotractedwithdrawl BOTH (≠ known PSSD fluoxetine 1rszwoi 220). Non-Invega.
- Duration
- Fluoxetine ~7 weeks then ~4.5 months off at Feb 2026 post; symptoms ongoing with occasional slight windows then crashes; later outcome unknown
- Recovery notes
- No recovery claimed; asking if anyone recovered. Commenters related on head pressure/blankness. No verified recovery update in indexed thread.