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“c'est le vide complet … sensation de "vide" dans la tête comme si tu ne pensais à rien en permanence … j'avais ressenti ça aussi sous le médicament … je retrouve peu à peu mes pensées, mais j'ai encore de l'anhédonie”

Cause

Doctissimo thread 'abilify et anhédonie' (sujet_1706), reply by a deleted profile addressed as 'Decisive' (8 Oct 2015), a woman: acute delusional episode (bouffée délirante aiguë) ~6 months earlier after a strong emotional shock (says she never used drugs), treated with a Xeplion (paliperidone) injection, stopped 3 months before. Says under the drug she had the same 'vide' in her head, as if thinking of nothing, plus loss of emotions; anhedonia and low motivation remain.

Duration

~3 months on treatment + 3 months after stopping at Oct 2015

Recovery notes

Thoughts coming back little by little and feels less 'stone' 3 months after stopping; anhedonia still present, which she puts down to the injection's long half-life. Not medical advice.

Source URL

https://forum.doctissimo.fr/medicaments/Neuroleptiques/abilify-anhedonie-sujet_1706_1.htm