Not recoveredBoth symptoms clearreddit.com/r/Anxiety2026-10-13

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Author: u/Neaxaeee

“My mind often feels completely blank ... at other times I feel like I have no thoughts at all ... Feeling emotionally flat, disconnected, or unable to experience emotions normally.”

Cause: Family stress and anger after leaving a job, with prior anxiety/panic; writer had taken finasteride for about four months and stopped a while before, unsure whether it contributed.
Duration: About 3 months at post.
Recovery notes: Symptoms fluctuate with some periods of significant improvement in anxiety and brain fog, but still disconnected; has seen a psychiatrist, no medication yet. Not medical advice.
Source URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/Anxiety/comments/1x4yanl/

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