PartialBoth symptoms clearreddit.com/r/france (FR), reddit.com/r/france, reddit.com/r/depressionregimens, reddit.com/r/Antipsychiatry, reddit.com/r/askneurology4 posts by one person
436-reddit-akbe1d-theoldwomanwithcats-neuroleptique-bupropion-plus-de-pensees-anhedonie
Author: u/TheOldWomanWithCats
Open original source ↗“Ensuite je me suis mise à ne plus entendre mes pensées … Puis j'ai perdu toutes mes émotions (joie, peine, excitation, envie de manger, ect)”
- Cause
- r/france OP TheOldWomanWithCats (27 Jan 2019, in French), woman aged 29: took an unnamed neuroleptic for ~10 days (described as prevention of a bipolar hypomanic episode; a 2022 post says the hypomania was probably induced by Sostilar for a pituitary adenoma), stopped abruptly because of breathing/movement problems, then stopped hearing her thoughts and lost all emotions; hospital then gave Effexor. Later posts (Aug–Sep 2019) say 3 pills of bupropion 150 mg (Feb–Mar 2019) left her with a totally blank mind, no thoughts and aphantasia plus total anhedonia; she links both the antipsychotic and bupropion periods to the same blank-mind + anhedonia state.
- Duration
- ~3 years at Jan 2022 (onset late 2018)
- Recovery notes
- Writer says emotions came back about 85% (Jun 2020) / anhedonia 'mostly cured' with Valdoxan (agomelatine) 50 mg plus mirtazapine 15 mg (Sep 2019, Feb 2020), but inner monologue and imagery never returned (Jan 2022: 'never recovered in any ways' on cognition, off all medication for months). Cross-site note: doctissimo.fr thread sujet_2169 has a deleted-profile poster ('Alexandra', Jan–Aug 2019) whose details match closely (10 days of medication, 15 kg lost in 3 weeks, bromocriptine, Effexor, boyfriend, staying with family to prevent suicide); not merged, flagged for Will to decide. Not medical advice.
Posts (4)
Every logged post by this person, oldest first. Older case links redirect here.
- Not recovered
“Ensuite je me suis mise à ne plus entendre mes pensées … Puis j'ai perdu toutes mes émotions”
- Partial
“Since I took Bupropion (last pill was early March, I took only 3 pills of 150mg) I have no thoughts in my head, no pictures (aphantasia) … Bupropion gave me totale anhedonia”
- Partial
“this psychatrist gave me pills who made me without any emotions and thoughts, I was dead inside … It worked partially, my emotions came back around 85%, but not my cognition.”
- Partial
“I had not one single emotions left … I just ended with no "thoughts", I mean no internal monologue, and no picture … It's been 3 years”
Other posts by this author
Known same-author posts that were not logged as cases.
- 2019-08-11 · https://www.reddit.com/r/Aphantasia/comments/coxfiu/ · Aphantasia from Wellbutrin; no thoughts in head ~5 months
- 2019-09-10 · https://www.reddit.com/r/Aphantasia/comments/d1ztmh/ · D3 receptors question; aphantasia from bupropion and before that antipsychotics
- 2020-02-13 · https://www.reddit.com/r/StackAdvice/comments/f3ix84/ · seizures from Effexor discontinuation + Wellbutrin; anhedonia mostly cured, no inner speech
- 2022-01-17 · https://www.reddit.com/r/Epilepsy/comments/s6i1em/ · repost of s5mcif theme