Antidepressants and Emotional Numbness

This gets explained badly. Antidepressants don’t just reduce sadness

They often also reduce emotional range Strong Serotonin signalling can dampen

Dopamine pathways Which can blunt pleasure, motivation, and emotional highs

People who feel blunt and dull on Antidepressants often say things like,

"I feel numb" "My mood is fine, but I just don't really care" “I don't feel like

my true self, the good or the bad" That doesn’t mean the medication is

wrong But it does mean the trade-off matters If this happened to you or you feel

this way you’re not imagining it, A lot of people experience this Did you notice feeling