I’m posting this in the “Dx’d - Sz/Sza” section as I only want input from those that have been previously at some point diagnosed with either Sz or Sza.
Avolition is ruining my life. I feel paralyzed everytime I think about doing anything productive. I’ve tried every trick in the book to overcome it.
I’ve made to-do lists. Broken things down into simple steps. But doing anything is just met with a wall of fear.
Has anybody overcome avolition? Even a little bit?
I suffer bad from this shit) aswell.
Sux
Same boat, I usually use lots of stress to get ■■■■ done, just like I do right now to finish my academic assignment in time 
Hey ever i have improved my avolition months ago… again i am feeling unmotivated now i barely cook now…
So every day is not same day… try ur best to improve…if it works out good otherwise its okay…
i completely stopped doing school (i did high school online) for like, six months when i was most symptomatic. i just lost all motivation to do it, even though i normally enjoyed academics. i also lost the desire to socialize. i regained those when i started abilify, i guess the partial dopamine agonism helped? idk. ive developed problems with neglecting some self care things, not to a severe degree (im still certainly more clean than most people) but my hygiene was like…impeccable before, and now i occasionally skip a day of showering. that may not sound bad, but for me it was a marked decline.
The only thing that’s worked for me even a tiny bit is feeling like ■■■■ and sucking it up. Even then it only works well enough to get me to pay my bills and do the minimum around the apartment. It got a little bit better when I decreased my meds/switched to the shot, but it’s mostly back to where it was.
I struggle with it every day.
I’m a busy lady,
I jog everyday, I write everyday, I hike with a friend everyday, I clean and cook everyday,
But every single thing, every single day is a battle.
I don’t see the point.
Constantly forcing myself hasn’t really made it easier either.
Doing a list does help, but really it just comes down to guilt for me.
I may not see the point in the activity, but I know I’ll feel like shit) if I don’t do whatever it is.
You know?
Not so much. It is a daily struggle for me.
My avolition/amotivation seems to be getting worse. There was a time, a short while ago, where I told my pdoc I wanted to get a job. Now that seems like a pipedream – I have absolutely no energy/willpower to work right now. LAtuda and Invega seem to be working for my delusions and paranoia, but maybe I need to look for a new med to help with my avolition
It’s a big problem, I fight everyday. I don’t know what to do. I would like to go back to work but I just don’t see how when I can’t even get the motivation to take a bath everyday. I sit and look at my dirty dishes just screaming in my head “go do em” and I can’t. It’s terrible. I don’t understand it.
It’s hard for me to say . I am better with hygiene nowadays but that may only be because I have my stepdaughter to prompt me. The flat is tidier but again my stepdaughter keeps on top of that. How I’d be if left to my own devices is a completely different matter. Even with the hygiene being better it’s a daily struggle to get in that bath/have that shower.
I don’t engage in social activities but I think is going to be addressed when I see the social worker re care needs. The truth is I’m not really that interested in socialising or am not highly motivated to do so, but know that is the kind of thing mental health teams push for their clients/patients. Apart from going out shopping with my stepdaughter,to the dentist/doctor and in the car to her place I don’t go out.
The vast majority of my time is spent on the laptop surfing the net. I have interests which are internet based but hesitate to call them hobbies.
@firemonkey rocks …
I suffer too… 151515
I have avolition too, at least I’ve been told that’s what lack of motivation is.
It feels like everything is an uphill struggle. I have an intense feeling of not wanting to do things, and when I do them, I feel sad as if someone forced me to do them, even though people keep telling me “just do it! You’ll feel better afterwards!”
I’m afraid the only thing that helps get me to do things is sucking it up and doing it. I know that’s not the answer you’re looking for, it’s not the answer I’m looking for either, but mustering all the energy I have and using it to do the things, is the ONLY thing that helps.
I’m hoping that once I get the routine down, it will be easier.
My motivation is utter pants lately. I “want” to do my chores like the endless pile of ironing building up and the cleaning its just i just “cant”. Suffer from this too. Tho ive just got funding for carer support 10 hours week from the local council. They wont help with my domestic chores - im hoping they motivate me and give me the kick up the arse i need. Funny thing is = once i start cleaning i go on a mission and finish it. Its tackling my chores to start with thats the problem. Maybe im just lazy - but yeah motivation is pants for me.
That’s the hardest part for me too, getting it started.
Once I get started, it’s easy enough, but it feels like it’s almost impossible to give myself the slap-in-the-face needed to just get up and do it.
Yeah thats me too down too a tee. Its not unhygienic in my flat - just really un-organised and messy. ive got these chaps working with me now to push me in the right direction, funded by the council. http://venture-people.vpweb.co.uk/. So with a bit of luck i might be more organised in the future!
I had some avolition on Abilify medication and injection. Not so much on Geodon right now. There is a huge difference.
I was not able to wash the dishes on Abilify. It felt like a huge task.
Now I do so much more every day.
Wellbutrin and Lexapro have been working out great for me. Have you considered getting on an antidepressant?
It’s a huge problem. 
Yeah, i have it, it is even made worse by me being bedridden much time, its a lot easier to motivate urself if ur doing a task already than it is if u have to get urself out of bed to do it. What really motivates me is hope that things can improve. That eventually it will get easier. It was a pretty interesting challenge working out how i was gonna start brushing my teeth after a year of not doing it. But now i go on regular nature walks, spend time with family, have my own car cook my own meals etc. my main desire is to live a life that really is my full limit rather than grow complacent with isolation.