Blankedonia Databaseblank mind · numb emotions
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I took Escitalopram in June 2023 for 30 days due to stress and anxiety. 14 months later, I still suffer from zero emotions (no love, no anxiety, no sadness etc.), strong dysautonomia symptoms (PEM, inflamed eyes, no runners high etc.), nerve pain, cognitive issues, numb body parts.
Cause
escitalopram/Lexapro 30 days in June 2023 for stress and anxiety; PSSD frame. Doctors labeled it depression; poster rejects that.
Duration
14 months at writing; still ill
Recovery notes
Multiple doctors; spent large savings trying to reverse. Still hopes to feel love for friends and family again. ADJACENT: emotion pole is total (zero emotions); cognitive pole is unspecified 'cognitive issues' plus dysautonomia/PEM, not blank mind or lost inner monologue.
Source URL
https://www.pssdnetwork.org/patient-spotlight/konstantin-1

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