These last 2 times the few days before my depot I have gotten incredibly flat. My face is flat, my voice is flat. Zero motivation, zero pleasure.
It’s not depression. Not feeling particularly anxious right now.
This is new for me.
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I have been feeling this way for a while now. I just got back from seeing my pdoc and she lowered my dose of Latuda because she thought that might be contributing to it and the akathisia i’ve been dealing with.
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I had that from one day to the next when they (re)started me on a high dose of haldol. I was emotionally blunted for a long while. In my case, I did get very terrifying thoughts about it. I’m still a little blunted compared to the past, but I’m on less meds now and it’s gotten better. I can feel some love, joy, motivation again, but not the strongest feelings like euphoria or deep connection or being deeply touched by good music. My face and voice show emotions again. Perhaps I also got used to being blunted a bit.
Hope it goes away for you. It’s not necessarily a lasting thing.
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I have blunted affect, but I feel like it’s more manly to not be super emotional about things. It’s good to be emotionally stable during stress. I still feel pleasure for solving problems, so it’s not all bad.
I tried the overly-emotional angle before, with a supplement that made me that way, and it didn’t end well.
I never thought I had blunted affect exactly as although positive emotions were dulled negative emotions before Consta were rather intense.
Now though both are rather dulled. My stepdaughter said at the appointment I’m quite flat and don’t show much emotion.
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I always had rather flat affect, even before I was on meds. People are always surprised if I tell them I am bipolar. Naturally I am very low on neuroticism but my illness makes emotional. It is a bit odd. Off medication I am a wreck but with it I am fine
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I’ve got blunted affect most of the time. People have commented on it. But I’m minimally aware of it. I’m not depressed either.
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My new therapist always brings it up when I see her. It’s funny how when I leave her office I’m not flat anymore. But it wears off and I’m back to flat again soon.
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I thought we all had the blunted affect? It’s very very very very common.
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All the time. Even when I’m not on meds but more so when I am I think. I’m diagnosed MDD too though so that could be a reason.
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