430-forumpsychiatryczne-szymcio93-chad-depresja-pustka-brak-uczuc-wyzdrowial

“ta kompletny brak mysli jakbym nie mial mozgu … z uczuciami to nie wiem bo ich nie mam wgl … Emocje I uczucia tez wracaja”

Cause

forumpsychiatryczne.pl thread 885610 "Brak myśli, pustka w głowie. Błagam o pomoc!" (222 pages, 2014–2024), registered user szymcio93 (most active poster, 361 posts, May 2017–Jan 2024): bipolar disorder (CHAD) treated from age 20; blankness appears in his depressions, first after a deep depression that followed mania with delusions and trauma (from ~autumn 2016). In the first episode tried many antidepressants (incl. Anafranil/clomipramine, Wellbutrin/bupropion) and neuroleptics without effect; in the later episode ECT also did not help.

Duration

1st episode ~2 years (2016–Oct 2018); short 3-week episode in remission; 2nd episode ~Nov 2021–late 2023

Recovery notes

Oct 2018: '80% improvement', thoughts back, 'emotions and feelings are coming back too', after ~5 weeks on Bioxetin (fluoxetine), though he later called it a 'sudden switch in the head'; ~2.5 years remission, then relapse into depression after a big mania (Dec 2021 post) with the same emptiness (fluoxetine again; ECT didn't help). 3 Jan 2024: 'Ja odzyskałem' (I recovered), crediting daily prayer, walks and routine, saying pills help you get through but don't cure. Others in the thread call him the only person there known to have come out of it. Not medical advice.

Source URL

https://forumpsychiatryczne.pl/forum/brak-mysli-pustka-w-glowie.-blagam-o-pomoc!/watek/885610/19#post-1331369