Blankedonia Databaseblank mind · numb emotions
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Author: u/Individual-Form-8287

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“I'm still struggling badly with anhedonia, emotional numbness and increasingly poor motivation... I have no thoughts coming to mind, nothing to say, and I mostly keep to myself... I just want to feel something again.”
Cause
r/anhedonia first-person OP u/Individual-Form-8287 (post 1x3j48n): post-psychosis/manic episode, UK college student; off antipsychotics ~2 months (author's 2026-09-04 post 1w76l5v names the drug as olanzapine). Attributes anhedonia + emotional numbness + no thoughts coming to mind / nothing to say socially, plus declining motivation, to antipsychotic treatment.
Duration
ongoing ~2 months after stopping olanzapine at Oct 2026 post (anhedonia since being medicated)
Recovery notes
Still can't feel pleasure ~2 months off; care team considering lamotrigine; asking about ketamine/MAOIs. Sep 2026 post spoke of hoped-for gradual emotional recovery off olanzapine; Oct 2026 posts still describe brain 'chemically lobotomised by antipsychotics'.
Source URL
https://www.reddit.com/r/anhedonia/comments/1x3j48n/

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