Blankedonia Databaseblank mind · numb emotions
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Author: u/Square_Thanks_655

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“Anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure) … Complete emotional numbness (both positive and negative emotions are gone) … No thoughts or spontaneous thinking”
Cause
r/PSSD first-person OP u/Square_Thanks_655 (post 1j39zi4): after atropine eye panic → psych admit; attributes destruction primarily to single 0.25 mg risperidone, then sertraline and a second admission stack including haloperidol, Invega, cariprazine, clozapine, chlorpromazine, valproate, diazepam etc. Lists both "No thoughts or spontaneous thinking" and complete emotional numbness/anhedonia.
Duration
from single risperidone dose through two hospitalizations to Mar 2025 post (months-scale; exact off-drug interval not stated)
Recovery notes
No recovery claimed. Asking about MAOIs (selegiline/rasagiline/moclobemide/Parnate). Severe visual damage ongoing.
Source URL
https://www.reddit.com/r/PSSD/comments/1j39zi4/

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