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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Open original source ↗“Your described experience is exactly how I felt under those meds... I wasn't myself, I wasn't alive... I tried to write down how I felt - I couldn't. I didn't know how I felt, and the words to describe my state just wouldn't come to me. I felt like a zombie”
- Cause
- forced antipsychotics in early 20s after a joke was treated as schizophrenia evidence; dose increases; later switched to a 'less aggressive' AP until discharge
- Duration
- during the hospital stay (not quantified in days/months)
- Recovery notes
- Past-tense: 'Your described experience is exactly how I felt under those meds.' Implies the zombie/no-words state lifted after leaving; 'Never again.' No timeline after discharge.
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“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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