I see a lot of people complaing that they can’t do anything and getting down about it. I don’t seem to have the same depressed feeling about it even though I’m in the same boat.
But it got me thinking. Maybe there’s other reasons too. I was diagnosed late in life so I have actually done stuff. Had a career and relationships , travelled etc.
But to be honest I think it’s the anti depressant properties of abilify 
do you mean you have no desires? or you have desires but you are neutral about it. (careless) to achieve
I have desires but I’m lacking in ability to achieve them now.
@everhopeful what do you mean numb ? Do you feel like you don’t have your usual emotions watching say a movie ? I tend to cry more now that I’m not on Abilify (watching a movie). I can also laugh at comedic scenes that I wouldn’t usually find funny
in what way really financial or physically or mentally ?
I was like that through psychosis and med changed it for me to a certain extent.
No, I mean everybody seems to be getting down about their inability to do stuff. And I think I would probably feel the same way if it wasn’t for abilify. It’s like it numbs the pain so to speak.
Lacking in mental ability. I have really bad avolition. Avolition seems to be my main stumbling block.
Well in a sense , yes it does numb feelings of sadness… as it has ad properties but not sure it works same way as ssri
I don’t get down about my inability to do stuff, i think it’s interesting. Of course it was hard to accept early in course of illness, i would cry a lot. But five years later i’m not down about it anymore and all i take is zyprexa. I think ppl who r down about it havent gone through acceptance stage, this site is a mix of ppl who r early and still adjusting and veterans.
Yeah. Maybe some acceptance has kicked in. I was in denial for quite a while. That could be it too. I don’t want to equate acceptance with giving up though.
It’s probably the antidepressant properties of Abilify kicking in too.
What do you mean you can’t do anything?
You certainly participate here.
That’s already something.
Also from what I remember you said you watch TV - heck of a something!!
I am low functioning but never say that I can do nothing.
I have been diagnosed for 7 years now. @everhopeful @Esm It took me 3 years to just feel like myself again.
What do you mean by acceptance? Should I accept I am someone who can not do anything and I am ill and doomed for the rest of my life on disability. Not in a single moment. It maybe a character but i fail over and over again until I reach my goal, whatever it is.
I am not in denial, I am perfectly conscious that I was ill, humiliated, psychotic, alone, traumatized. What else?
But I wanna move on and have a good life. I am always trying to find ways to improve the quality of my life in certain things which are possible for anybody.
Yea, i dont either, it was hard for me to accept severe anhedonia, u cant alter that tho. I push myself to do stuff, but in a broader sense i have to accept my life is dam near intolerable.
Good for u. U don’t have to compare urself to me. I am in weird position that i am bedridden when i am alone. Only time i’ll do activities is with family. I am my therapists only bedridden sz, and if i got a life i would be her only bedridden patient that also has social life.
I am sorry you say that. what makes you like that? I have anhedonia too but i do push myself to do things too. It is ups and downs mostly but what about you? I think you are 28 ?!
Maybe you have not found the right medication combination.
29 Very severe anhedonia. Don’t think i could make the ppl on this forum understand. I really felt life was not tollerable when it first hit, and it kinda isnt, that’s why i lie in bed. Many peeps on this forum are isolated, but they still do activities alone. That’s why i am weird, if ever i am alone i lay in bed, so to do stuff i have to break sz boundaries and be social, but that is painful too.
I am so sorry =(
Wish I had something nice to say but life goes on, whether you participate or not. Do what you think is best for you ! It is your life and I wish you well.
Yeah i dont wanna bring ppl on the forum down. I know like u they wanna see brighter days. I do stuff too, i havent necessarily given up, but dont think its that easy either.
It is not easy at all. All of us are struggling in something, condition, medication, anhedonia, hallucinations and it is a constant struggle but you need to keep the ambition to achieve something in your life, you know? It is something I struggle with too. I got fired twice, last year -the whole year I was talking to myself, crying, depression. It is like the end of the world. But ups and downs is a lot better and satisfying than being completely dysfunctional or just ‘let go’