353-reddit-t2yf5v-risperidone-one-dose-no-thoughts-extreme-blunting

“I woke up in the middle of the night and it was like a switch had been put off in my brain., I felt this unexplainable gray haze in front of my eyes like my brain had been paralyzed or messed with from the inside, head was pounding. No thoughts, nothing. … I wasn’t me anymore, I didn't or couldn’t think like I normally do … I was simply unable to think and process things inside my brain like a human being is supposed to. … Currently I'm in daily mental and physical exhaustion, my emotions are blunted to an extreme level.”

Cause

r/anhedonia first-person OP u/nebukadnessari (post t2yf5v): single 1.5 mg risperidone dose (misattributed psychosis concern after acute crying/anxiety week) → overnight switch: No thoughts, nothing + gray haze / brain paralyzed; next day unable to think/process; ~1.5y later still extreme emotional blunting + surreal non-human emotions + thought difficulty. Unused risperidone one-dose BOTH story (≠ aloneatleast forced 2mo risperidone 57; ≠ mimedicamento Risperdal 215).

Duration

~1.5 years from single dose to Feb 2022 post; mental baseline partly returned but still off

Recovery notes

OP: mental state returned somewhere toward self/normal but still off — daily surreal body sensations, difficulty in thought/brain function, emotions blunted to extreme / surreal. No full recovery of blank+blunting poles claimed. Seeking peer contact.

Source URL

https://www.reddit.com/r/anhedonia/comments/t2yf5v/risperidone_induced_anhedonia_story/