Not recoveredBoth symptoms clearreddit.com/r/AskDocs2019-02-18

506-reddit-as49dk-lexapro-at-16-mind-mute-blank-cannot-feel

Author: u/aBeingInTrouble

“I am now 20, my mind is blank ... I don't have an internal monologue ... I cannot feel anything for those surrounding me ... I think of NOTHING, for the entire day”

Cause: Lexapro (escitalopram) started at 16 for lifelong depression and social anxiety; writer says it 'sapped me out from all my emotions' and muted his mind, and after stopping he fell into a severe depressive state that stayed. Background of dysthymia, trauma and depersonalization; on Wellbutrin at the post.
Duration: About 3 years at the 18 Feb 2019 post (age 16 to 20).
Recovery notes: Currently on Wellbutrin (bupropion); says it is still like this 'to this day'. Full text via arctic-shift archive. Not medical advice.
Source URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskDocs/comments/as49dk/

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