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“I had total numbness, like a zombie, blank mind. My mind had 0 thoughts when idle, just silent”
Cause: Zoloft 100 mg and venlafaxine 50 mg for about 8 months, quit cold turkey about 2 years before the post.
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Author: u/Wonderful-Swing1949
Open original source ↗“I lost all of my emotions (both positive and negative - feeling completely flat no empathy, no love, no joy, no sadness, nothing... I don’t even have spontaneous thoughts in my mind - it’s just blank”
- Cause
- Restarting an SSRI (not named) that had helped twice before, taken for stress/anxiety; writer blames '1 pill'.
- Duration
- Months at post.
- Recovery notes
- Housebound, no improvement reported; post mentions suicidal thoughts. No later update checked. Not medical advice.
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“It made me emotionless, blank, and worst of all sexual dysfunction accompanied, music sounded flat”
Cause: Seroquel (quetiapine) for 3 nights (50, 50, 100 mg), then stopped cold turkey.
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