Blankedonia Databaseblank mind · numb emotions
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everything disappeared from my mind as if all my thoughts, feelings and emotions had been sucked into a black hole. … There is nothing in my mind. … My brain is dead. I no longer have any feelings, emotions or internal sensations. … I cannot accept the absence of active thoughts, feelings and emotions. … I have no emotions, feelings, internal visual imagery … Yet my mind remains empty, dead.
Cause
finasteride (Propecia) 0.5 mg Sun/Tue/Thu ~5–6 weeks Jan–17 Feb 2013 for hair loss (UK, age 31, username Alvin_13 / Mark); prior short test runs May & Oct 2012. Cold turkey after crash. Attributes sudden empty mind + loss of emotions/feelings + anhedonia/emotional flatness to PFS post-finasteride. Also used minoxidil (sides resolved on stop) and L-tyrosine peri-crash.
Duration
onset ~late Feb–4 Mar 2013 (~2–3 weeks off); still 'very severely affected' per peer contact update Apr 2023 (~10 years)
Recovery notes
A&E Mar 2013 for suicidality; psych framed as neurosteroid reaction; diazepam no help, zopiclone for sleep. GP withdrawal/dodgy-pills theory. No recovery of blank+numb cluster claimed by OP. Thread follow-ups Jul 2021 / Apr 2023 ask status; Sugarhouse (29 Apr 2023): still with us, very severely affected. No first-person recovery claim.
Source URL
https://forum.propeciahelp.com/t/new-member-in-need-of-support-please-read-uk/6146

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