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I took some of this (35mg) last night, to help me sleep. It's now 7.15pm the following day, and since waking this morning I have scarcely been able to function and have been taking naps until now. Is this what this drug does to you?

Your experiences please.

Does anyone else who is, or has been, on this medication ever felt like they just can't be bothered, and don't want to do anything.

Please don't come back and say "you're depressed", I'm actually fine in that regard, but I have noticed an apathy and a languidity since I've been on this.

I work, part-time 25 hours per week. I am able to get shopping in for food and household purposes, keep on top of washing the laundry. A little cleaning but NOWHERE near enough. I cannot have guests because I would not want them to see this. My home is an obstacle course of unfinished projects, unfinished household maintenance, decorating and furnishing tasks and general mess. Unfortunately my emotionally neglectful upbringing has left me fiercely counter-dependent. A virtually non existent social circle means I don't really have anyone to ask for help, and besides it's not as if I'm incapable. I have tried to make myself sort out this chaos following the recommended strategy of starting small. It stalls very quickly. Behavioural activation does not work for me. Rarely I will get a burst of a sort of invigoration lasting a day or two, and I will almost, but not quite, blitz all the mess in my bedroom or kitchen. I dunno if I have burnout and should go sick from work for a bit, and that will leave me free to sort out this sh1t. But I've got this strongly vegetative tendency and as long as I can keep my job by working, have food to eat and clean clothes, everything else just goes by the wayside.

What do you think?

I stopped venlafaxine/effexor in early May. Used the Prozac bridge method to help me get off. Venlafaxine made me very emotionally blunted and I began to develop a deep resentment of that feeling, which was my main reason for stopping.

It is now the second week of August and I still feel emotionally blunted and apathetic. If anything more so than when I was on effexor. What is going on here? Is this to be expected?

Who had strict parents? What was that like? My mum was the strict one and in charge of the children. My dad was more interested in the racing pages, the bookmaker's and the pub than he was in me. I'm youngest of four with big age gaps between us all. I think I got neglected because the oldest two of my siblings were having major dramas in their personal lives and the majority of my mother's attention went to them. I just used to keep quiet.

I've been off this about 6 weeks using a Prozac bridge. These last few days I've had overwhelming bouts of crying and weepiness.

I have no one in my personal life who is sympathetic around me to talk to and I don't have a therapist or psychiatrist I can talk to.

I had the "pleasure" recently of encountering an individual with this name. Pronounced exactly phonetically NAY-DEAN.

I just had to share here.

Have any of my fellow Anhedonics out there got any experience of dating or sustaining a relationship whilst feeling this way?

I am lonely as a single person but I just cannot be bothered with the demands of dating or a relationship. Nor do I even want to have sex. I seem to have become prudish and disgusted by it.

I've started with strong and more frequent brain zaps. It must be 10 weeks since I last took any venlafaxine and did a Prozac bridge that finished about 4 weeks ago. WTF is going on?

There is currently a heatwave where I am. I've noticed that I feel even more apathetic and numb than usual and my mood is worse. To be fair, I have scarcely been outdoors for quite a number of days because it's hotter outside than in.

Folks, tell me your experiences of this situation.

I did a Prozac bridge from effexor and I haven't taken any Prozac either for about four weeks. I still feel very emotionally blunted, but also regularly on the verge of tears but not able to cry. I'm also irritable.

I've taken effexor on and off for years, with quite long spells (years and years) continually. I'm worried that it has f*cked my brain up and I'll never feel really human ever again.

I've never told anyone I can hardly feel any emotions. I don't think anyone would understand or take me seriously.

I'm just interested to know how others have dealt with this.

I don't feel like doing anything. The standard advice in this situation is to do things anyway and feel better for doing it afterwards.

This approach doesn't have any effect for me. I just want to give up, because I am tired of this now. I feel like I am on a treadmill, going nowhere, with arms outstretched trying to grab that eternally unreachable dangling carrot.

I've been off this stuff about 6 weeks. I stopped it because I couldn't stand the emotional blunting any more. I really felt like I was not human. And I didn't want to do anything.

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I still don't really want to do anything. My apartment looks like a cross between a bomb explosion site and the scene of a burglary, because I have not done any proper housework in weeks. I am not "still depressed" or needing to go back on the medication. I was a reasonably vital person before being treated long term with this drug. Now I feel i am not the same person any more.

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I'm just putting this out there to seek support, ideas, encouragement or to hear from others what their experience has been. I feel totally alone regarding this as nobody around me is on any sort of MH meds whatsoever so there isn't anyone who shares my experience.

I started withdrawal last week, using Prozac to alleviate withdrawal symptoms (otherwise I would not be able to stop). I've noticed that since starting this process I am eating more. Not just eating more but basically stuffing my face even when not hungry. Has anyone else experienced this? Could it be something to do with altered serotonin levels? Thanks for reading.