Blankedonia Databaseblank mind · numb emotions
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“Had canabis induced psychosis, was hospitalized and put on Olanzapine. Cold turkeyed due to it making me feel terrible. The insomnia and emotional blunting turned me into a blank mind idiot. I took a shitton of other medications to try to feel emotions and sleep again and have completely destroyed myself. I even read about PSSD and yet I still took more meds because I gaslit myself and believed the docs that I was just “depressed”. My life is over and it’s all because I didn’t taper the fucking Olanzapine. … my life is completely ruined and I can’t even remember who I was before.”
Cause
r/Antipsychiatry first-person OP u/RandomErican557 (post 1rg780s): cannabis-induced psychosis → hospitalized on olanzapine; cold-turkeyed because it made them feel terrible. Attributes insomnia + emotional blunting that 'turned me into a blank mind idiot' to olanzapine CT; later took more meds chasing emotions/sleep. Clear BOTH blank mind + emotional blunting. Unused BOTH.
Duration
Onset after olanzapine CT; timeline from psychosis/hospital to Feb 2026 post not fully quantified; still ruined/can't remember who they were
Recovery notes
No recovery claimed. Took further medications trying to feel emotions and sleep again; self-describes life ruined and inability to remember pre-olanzapine self.
Source URL
https://www.reddit.com/r/Antipsychiatry/comments/1rg780s/if_you_ever_feel_dumb_read_my_story/

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