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Your symptoms may not necessarily indicate ongoing depression or bipolar disorder. Persistent cognitive slowing, mental fatigue, emotional blunting, and low energy after severe burnout can occur due to prolonged stress, residual depressive symptoms, medication effects (including fluoxetine), sleep issues, or medical causes such as B12, vitamin D, thyroid, or iron deficiency. A detailed reassessment, including blood tests, sleep evaluation, and review of the bipolar diagnosis and current medications, would be advisable. Recovery of cognitive function often takes longer than mood recovery and may continue gradually over many months.

, how are you? Thanks for reaching out. A few questions: before the burnout, were you working or studying excessively for a long period? Have you had any blood tests done recently (B12, Vitamin D, thyroid, iron)? And do you feel your thinking is slow all day, or only when doing mentally demanding tasks? From what you’ve described, it sounds like your mood symptoms have improved, but you’re still struggling with fatigue, mental sluggishness, and emotional blunting. Sometimes these symptoms can persist after burnout or depression, and they can also be influenced by medication side effects, sleep quality, nutritional deficiencies, or ongoing nervous system recovery. Since you’ve already noticed a 40–45% improvement, that suggests recovery is happening, just more slowly than you’d like. Rather than focusing on a diagnosis label, it may help to track cognitive stamina gradually—reading for short periods, increasing mental activity in small steps, and discussing medication effects with a psychiatrist who is willing to reassess rather than assume the symptoms are purely psychiatric. Take therapy. You can connect with me on nine two six six seven two six zero six five.

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Hi, will need further history regarding the same to advise appropriately. Consult online for treatment

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