Apathetic

[reedawg]

How does anyone stay motivated? I quit seeing my therapist because after a year because I haven't gotten any better. The last **** onths of therapy I pretty much just sat there and said nothing. I feel like I've talked through most of my problems and I am at a place where it seems, I know the facts and what I need to do to recover, I just don't do them.


I feel like I have a huge black cloud over me. I try to make changes in my life with career and lifestyle and friends, but I don't succeed anywhere. I also wonder if the antidepressents make me worse--lack motivation--rather than better.

I am tired. I am tired of doctors. Anyone? Suggestions?

[Dogtown]

I'm sorry that you're having a hard time!!! :gimmehug

I guess it really all depends on what your definition of sucess is. :stars What are the types of things that you want to do that you feel would make you sucessful?

Anti-dressants---i've never gone on them myself because of my spiritual beliefs, but if you think they are making you unmotivated---especially to talk about your feelings---perhaps you could tell your doc you don't want them anymore?

were you on them during theropy?

[carinho]

hey, you won't imagine how much i can relate. on days like today i feel as if nothing, nothing in the world could ever make me a wee bit happy, or give me a spark of hope, anything to let me keep going.
you say you know what to do in order to recover - isn't that a good start? maybe you can encourage yourself to move on, step by step, one day at a time... i know that helps for me, at least.
but i struggle massively, as well... knowing for example that i AM loved, but i can't sense it in my heart, it doesn't affect or change my way of life. i still feel so dead inside, and no antidepressive drug seems to help. :cry
another thing you might think about is: what is your real passion in life, sth. you think about right after waking up in the morning, or a dream you have in mind since childhood??
at the moment i try to find those things and those needs inside of me, it helps me to press on and that's where i get some motivation from

much love! :lubdub

Jay

[srhatter]

well first of all- your doctors certainly arent going to be able to help you if you dont talk to them- they arent mind readers and they cant help you if you dont help yourself. i went through therapy.. i am still on anti-depressants. I'm a psychology major about to get my B.S. and my mom is a psychologist. Even with my bias towards the helpfulness of medicine and psychology I can tell you that what helped me the most- the key to my "success" was that I wanted help- I wanted to get better. Once you get to that place and are able to talk about what youre feeling I have faith you'll make a break through. Just believe in yourself and WANT to be better.

[Old Geezer]

Redawg-
I agree that you need to talk to your Docs. Sometimes changing to a different anti-depressant can really help people. Don't stop taking them unless you talk to your Dr. because that can really mess you up. Also my psychologist tells me that antidepressants don't help depression much for people with low weights but that the annorexia deffinitely gets worse when we quit taking them. I wonder the same thing that you do - are the anti-depressants making me tired, listless and apathetic or would I feel even worse without them? Right now I'm choosing to believe my psychologist and try wt gain as a solution. She'd better be right!!!
Old Geezer