27-automatic-basil-fluoxetine-blank-blunt

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1. 2026-02-16·reddit.com/r/ADprotractedwithdrawl·opUnknown

   “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.

   Open post ↗logged as 248-reddit-1r6kdp8-fluoxetine-blank-mind-anhedonia-inner-monologue

2. 2026-05-05·reddit.com/r/antidepressants·opNot recovered

   “This post will probably get downvoted but that’s okay. I want to share my experience as well, as it’s just as true as positive experiences. I (F,29) struggled with panic, anxiety, insomnia and high stress for 1,5 years. I was ruminating a lot and really emotionally drained. Had to take time off work to recover. I was in therapy for 3-4 months, but so desperate for relief that I agreed to start medication. It was not an easy decision to make, as I was very afraid of the negative effects it could have on me. On the other hand.. I was sleeping and eating so poorly for months due to all the stress that i did not know how to break the pattern and get some rest to recover.    It was my first med ever. 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 pressure, dialated pupils, blank mind, emotional numbing etc.). After a few weeks.. I knew this was not the right path for me. I wanted to feel my emotions and body in order to heal. I wanted to get this stuff out of my body ASAP.  In consultation with my psychiatrist I went back from 10 to 5 mg (stated there 1 week) and went from 5 to 2,5 mg (stayed there 2 weeks). Then I went to 0. I used it for 7 weeks total, including this 3 weeks taper.   I thought, because I only used it so shortly I did not want my body to adjust more to it, and because fluoxetine has such a long half life, I would be fine doing it this way.. boy was I wrong. It’s been over 7 months since my last dose and I still feel far from normal…. I struggle with […]”

   Cause:

   Reddit r/antidepressants first-person OP u/Automatic_Basil_7075 (also r/prozac 1t47c83): first-ever med, fluoxetine 5 mg then 10 mg from last August. Attributes blank mind (no thoughts) + emotional numbing / blunted emotions (not even fear, sadness, irritation or anxiety) / rich inner world chemically removed to fluoxetine. Distinct from 1rgaijb (different dose/timeline). Unused; non-Invega.; quote from search-index excerpts.

   Duration:

   Started 5 mg fluoxetine last August, upped to 10 mg after 2 weeks; rough onboarding then wanted off ASAP; still far from normal at posting (comment thread discusses ~7+ months later still symptomatic)

   Recovery notes:

   No recovery claimed. Still far from normal; cannot even process what happened due to the blunting. No later OP recovery update Enriched from arctic-shift full OP selftext (2026-09-13).

   Open post ↗logged as 193-reddit-1t47ee8-fluoxetine-blank-mind-no-thoughts-blunted-emotions

3. 2026-06-01·reddit.com/r/Anxiety·opNot recovered

   “I still feel so blunted.... I want to process and feel things, but I still can't... My cognition and memory is also very bad since the meds... I don't even feel anxiety and my my mind is so blank, I cant even ruminate anymore!”

   Cause:

   fluoxetine/Prozac ~2 months (first med) for anxiety/insomnia/panic; blunting began on-drug (blanket at day 5); lingered after stop

   Duration:

   last dose 1 Oct 2025; ~8 months off at posting; still blunted, blank, poor cognition/memory

   Recovery notes:

   Asking when emotions and libido return. Baseline before the drug was the opposite (overwhelm, rumination, crying). Commenter tildeuch said Prozac taming passed in ~6 months for them (weaker both-pole language).

   Open post ↗logged as 27-automatic-basil-fluoxetine-blank-blunt

4. 2026-10-05·reddit.com/r/PSSD·opPartial

   “Memory, cognition and blank mind: Improving a lot. More spontaneous thoughts, mental chatter and better memory. During the first 9–10 months, I barely had ANY thoughts, and my brain felt frozen, like stone. ... Emotional blunting and anhedonia: More sensation in my body, but my brain still feels numb.”

   Cause:

   same fluoxetine short-course; 1 year off update

   Recovery notes:

   Blank mind improving a lot; blunting/anhedonia residual; objectively improving at ~1y off.

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• 2026-05-05 · https://www.reddit.com/r/prozac/comments/1t47c83/ · 'Prozac ruined me - be careful': same-day r/prozac version of 1t47ee8 (case post); not logged; not checked for verbatim match

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