Not recoveredBoth symptoms clearreddit.com/r/PSSD2026-07-14

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Author: u/danishcatmilk

“I feel trapped in this thick, slow thinking, blank, unempathic, unnuanced brain… complete lack of an inner world. … no emotions. I am blunt and unempathetic.”

Cause: r/PSSD first-person OP u/danishcatmilk (post 1uwbq6m; 36F): series of 4 meds over ~2.5 months after sudden panic — Effexor, Buspar, Lexapro, Ativan (.25 mg). Attributes severe cognitive/psychological injury and PSSD-like cluster to that stack.
Duration: ~3 months from first psych meds to Jul 2026 post (onset mid–late spring 2026)
Recovery notes: Had to move back to parents; lost interests, identity, inner world. No recovery claimed. Related 1v3o8b7 describes anhedonia plus active disgust/horror.
Source URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/PSSD/comments/1uwbq6m/

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