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@susanejw - it is entirely possible, too, that your antidepressants are dampening the good with the bad. I had that happen about 15 years back. I was taking citalopram (Celexa).

I finally realized after going to some Christmas concerts that would normally noticeably lift my spirits that I just didn't respond. I was emotionally flat. No low lows, but the high highs were gone, too.

I did ask my pyschiatrist about this, and he said that what I was experiencing with a flat affect was a potential side effect of the medication. So, he offered to switch my medication. Switching to a different antidepressant worked to get me back the whole emotional spectrum.

Have you gotten to ask your primary care doctor or psychiatrist about what you have experienced? If so, what did he or she say?

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@lisalucier Thank you! I’ll ask my neurology people about that. I had assumed it was the apathy that comes with Frontotemporal dementia, but maybe not, or not entirely.