Hello, I am a 58-year-old woman. I have always been a very motivated, busy, energetic woman. I had many interests - antiques, gardening, orchids, gourmet cooking. Well I have no interests now - I don't even want to take care of everyday tasks: dishes, changing sheets, making beds, etc. I just can't push myself to do it. I have lost all interest in most everything I loved. I have zero motivation. I even need to push myself to take a shower.and perform other self-care tasks. I have been on 300 mg of Wellbutrin and 30 mg of Lexapro for 3 years. Prior to that, I was on 20 mg of Lexapro and the same 300 mg of Wellbutrin for a few years, but my psychiatrist increased the Lexapro dose because I was having bouts of bad anxiety again. I am convinced that it is one of these two meds doing this to me. The good part is that I am no longer depressed or anxious - just complacent. I don't want to mention this to my psychiatrist because he gets very irritable when I suggest that things are less than perfect. I don't know if he takes it personally or what, but he gets short with me, so I keep it to myself. I am thinking of slowly decreasing my dose of either the Wellbutrin or Lexapro. Does anyone else on these 2 medications experience the same symptoms and know which drug it is making them so complacent and lacking motivation? I really want my old life back.
Loss of Motivation and Love of Life?
Question posted by Shihtzumama1 on 13 March 2016
Last updated on 27 May 2016
I have not been on here in a while. I did keep my appointment with the attention specialist. I took a few tests, answered about 400 and was diagnosed with ADHD. The doctor prescribed Vyvance, but it has not been approved by my insurance yet. I am not even sure this is the way to go. I definitely agree that something is not right with me. Maybe it is depression. I thought it may not be because I don't feel sad and I don't just mope around. It's just that I can't force myself to take care of mundane tasks. They pile up. Everything is a mess - finances, home, grooming, etc. I have let it all go and even if I could find the motivation to start getting these things done, I can't organize it all. It's overwhelming, so I just give up and I am complacent about it all. Even the things I enjoy doing -- gardening, cooking - I just can't get excited about these things. I just let them go, but as I said, I'm not sad. I just don't feel like doing them. It's hard to explain. I have an appointment with my psychiatrist in early May. I am going to talk to him about it all and see if we can get to the bottom of this.
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I have not been on here in a while. I did keep my appointment with the attention specialist. I took a few tests, answered about 400 and was diagnosed with ADHD. The doctor prescribed Vyvance, but it has not been approved by my insurance yet. I am not even sure this is the way to go. I definitely agree that something is not right with me. Maybe it is depression. I thought it may not be because I don't feel sad and I don't just mope around. It's just that I can't force myself to take care of mundane tasks. They pile up. Everything is a mess - finances, home, grooming, etc. I have let it all go and even if I could find the motivation to start getting these things done, I can't organize it all. It's overwhelming, so I just give up and I am complacent about it all. Even the things I enjoy doing -- gardening, cooking - I just can't get excited about these things. I just let them go, but as I said, I'm not sad.
I just don't feel like doing them. It's hard to explain. I have an appointment with my psychiatrist in early May. I am going to talk to him about it all and see if we can get to the bottom of this.
I wanted to post an update. You were all so nice to respond to my initial post. I saw my psychiatrist 2 week ago. You all were right. It was depression. He upped my Wellbutrin dosage to 450mg and I already feel so much better. I am not going the Vyvanse route. I think with the increase in Wellbutrin, I can pull it all together. If it were not for your thoughtful responses, I probably would not have considered myself depressed. So, thank you all. You really did help me.
I agree with Janiebme.
Hi Shihtzu-
It sounds like more than complacent. Something is not right. You said you are not depressed, but you are showing the classic signs of depression. There are so many variable involved here. You may want to change psych docs, he is not addressing your issues. That is his job. How can you get better if he is not willing to consider how you are feeling? You may want to make an appointment to see your primary care doc if you have one. To possibly rule out anything organic, like a thyroid issue as an example.
Hope you get your life back soon. Let us know how you are doing.
I would think any psychiatrist that only watch Happy answers is not a good psychiatrist. You don't go to a psychiatrist to talk about your happy you go to them to talk about your sad so they can help you find a way to find your happy
I take 20mgs of Lexapro. I weaned myself off of it over a two month process. Shortly I began to have panic attacks which I'd never had in my life. I was weepy and nervous and couldn't lay down to sleep. I was a mess. So I started taking the Lexapro again. So don't suddenly stop your Lexapro. Your symptoms are of Depression. I think you should go to a different Psychiatrist if your current one is not helping you. And it sounds like that is the case. If you can't say or discuss any thing you want and need to say to your psychiatrist what good is he?
I know it's hard when I was feeling like you do now to motivate yourself to get help. But you must and soon you'll feel better. Helen
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