Blankedonia Databaseblank mind · numb emotions
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These new symptoms include emotional numbness, -almost- no thought process, lack of speech/language, since I haven't anything to say, i.e., my mind is very blank, amnesia and cognitive impairment. No anxiety, no obsessions... They have gone. ... My 'very blank mind' is 24/7.
Cause
Pure-O OCD from age 25 treated with antidepressants and benzodiazepines (drugs not named). New 24/7 cluster replaced usual OCD (obsessions/anxiety gone). Poster does not isolate which drug; one reply suggested the meds.
Duration
the past few months at posting, 24/7 (not episodic)
Recovery notes
Many doctors (endocrine, neurology, psychiatry) and tests; no explanation found. Asking if OCD can evolve into a very blank mind. Same-thread Tbrad12 (~2 years later) said the same exact thing (blank inside / nothingness) but too thin to log separately.
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https://healthunlocked.com/my-ocd/posts/145054999/a-very-blank-mind-and-ocd