PartialBoth symptoms clearreddit.com/r/covidlonghaulers2022-06-06

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Author: u/Due-Perception3956

“after anhedonia i developed blank mind(no inner monolouge, no emotions, no imagination, no creativity, no personality, no inner world) and remained blank for one year now”

Cause: r/covidlonghaulers first-person OP u/Due-Perception3956 (post v69dgi; crossposts v69b4i r/MercuryPoisoning, v69eh6 r/dpdr, v69f36 r/anhedonia; 28F at the time): COVID, then ~2 months later stress/weakness during a stressful work period, then anhedonia + 24/7 panic, then blank mind (no inner monologue, no emotions, no imagination). Later found mercury/parasite findings (author's report). Relapses with major stress (2025).
Duration: ~1 year at Jun 2022; ~2 years at May 2023; relapses through Jan 2026
Recovery notes: May 2023 (135taq8): had a good functioning period summer 2022 but perception never returned. Mar 2025 (1jd80w4): after a severe stress relapse, Lamictal 'helped me A LOT' — DPDR gone, feels body/self again, 'blank mind is still here but not to extent it was'. Jul 2025-Jan 2026 posts (1m79rya, 1ptr5ff, 1q2cetp) describe a worse state after another breakdown: no thoughts, no emotions. Net: partial, fluctuating.
Source URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/covidlonghaulers/comments/v69dgi/

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