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“Basically, my emotions are completely flat. I feel nothing except for the occasional depressed feeling or burst of anger. No joy, happiness, or even normal, healthy sadness… I'm completely flat and emotionless. … My mind is completely blank and foggy. … Thought simply don't come to me and I have zero creativity.”

Cause

Klonopin (clonazepam) ~0.25 mg nightly after Zoloft/sertraline bad reactions; CT jump ~Jul 7 2010 after ~months use. Frames acute protracted hell (blank mind + flat anhedonia) as Klonopin withdrawal. Long prior Zoloft 1999–2004 and 2006–2010; author says Zoloft had already been deadening mind/emotions for years and may have kindled worse benzo WD. NOT benzo-only.

Duration

jump Jul 2010; detailed blank+flat at ~6–7 months off (Jan 2011 posts); partial emotion return by >7 months (Feb 2011); cognition still disabling at that writing

Recovery notes

By Feb 2011 (>7 months off all drugs): emotions returning mornings (happy/sad/angry); still spaced out, poor concentration/memory, derealization, tinnitus, head pressure. Credits time off all psych drugs. Companion posts: https://protractedbenzodiazepinewithdrawal.wordpress.com/2011/01/16/psychological-symptoms-from-protracted-benzo-withdrawal-in-detail/ ; https://protractedbenzodiazepinewithdrawal.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/over-seven-months-off-emotions-are-returning/ ; https://protractedbenzodiazepinewithdrawal.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/dangerous-drugs-a-warning-about-zoloft-and-klonopin/

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