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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26-smoothwait1820-longcovid
Open original source ↗“Extreme brain fog. I can barely think or process thoughts. I feel like a complete zombie. Emotional flatness and DPDR... It's almost as if my brain is preventing me from feeling emotions.”
- Cause
- probable COVID Jan 2026 then long COVID (doctor called it psychological; poster says it is not depression)
- Duration
- from Jan 2026 through posting ~May 2026 (~4-5 months); two-week improvement window in February then worse
- Recovery notes
- Asking how long recovery takes; terrified it is permanent. Commenter yousippin: emotional flatness + 24/7 'brain high/drunken feeling' for 4.5 years. Cognitive pole is 'barely think or process / zombie / brain fog' rather than classic 'no inner monologue'.
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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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