I am curious if anyone else has a problem with affect. When i was younger i used to have inappropriate smiling, i'd smile when something upsetting was happening. It was involuntary, and i wouldn't feel happy or realize i was smiling. I was in group therapy, and group members would get really upset because they would think i was smiling while they were very upset, or they would think i wasn't taking their feedback seriously.

I don't have that problem anymore, it's kind of the opposite. My face shows very little expression, and people comment that they can't tell how i'm feeling or they say that i have a total poker face. I thought it was side effects of saphris making me expressions flat, but my pdoc thinks it is caused by years of untreated bipolar. I wanted to lower meds as a solution, but she wanted to add meds instead. So a month ago i started strattera, which is usually for adhd, which i don't have. The purpose of the strattera is to get my facial expressions to look more normal. I don't know if it's working.