Reply To: HELP! Motivation issues – my most crippling symptom

[blackdog]

Debilitating motivation issues- oh yes, definitely. All my life and getting worse it seems. I have so many things to do that are very important- for real important, not just in my head important- and I just can not even get started. If I do get started I never get finished. As soon as I stop, for any reason, that’s it, I’m done. I can’t even sit down to eat if I want to keep going.

Some days I can barely move at all. I can’t even convince myself to get something to eat when I’m hungry. And when I do have a good day or two and get some work done, I need days, or weeks to recover afterwards.

I also feel drained after socializing. When family or friends stop by for an unannounced visit it just destroys the whole day. After they are gone I just sit down and don’t move. Just having people show up unannounced is so stressful and they all know I hate it but they do it anyway. It’s the same when I have to go somewhere to visit or interact with other humans on any level, especially if it’s unexpected. It just sucks the life right out of me.

So far medication has not made a huge difference for me. But it might be that I  still need it adjusted, or need to try something different. And there is also 4 decades of learned behaviour and bad habits that need to be broken and medication can’t help with that.

Personally I think a psychologist who just simply says its part of ADHD and medication will help is being unrealistic and unhelpful. It’s just like when my doctor sees me for less than 5 minutes every 3 months and says “so is the medication working?” and then doesn’t even give me a chance to really answer that question.

I can’t really come up with anything helpful right now. I need help myself. And just saying that makes me fell like lying down and just giving up.

If I am feeling better tomorrow I will try to be helpful then.

 

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