Have not showered in three days again…think I’m going to take a bath. I don’t want to but it’s needed. All I do is lie in bed and stare at the ceiling. And I’m on here too, reading a lot. Every time I do something, like cooking for the kids I’m exhausted and have to rest. I rest a lot. Everything makes me exhausted. Is that sign of depression?
I think so ,maybe you haven’t found that happy medium that medication is supposed to provide.
It could be depression, it may also be a nutritional deficit or any number of things. Probably best if you bring this up with your psychiatrist and tell them what’s going on.
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i am also tired all the time…i think it is normal.
human beings go through low and high energy times…
don’t be to hard on yourself .
take care 
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Tonight I’m very tired
Think it’s around my menstrual cycle
Its 6.30 pm and I think about ending a very boring day by going to bed
I wish I could say the same. But I have done a hysterectomy. I have no uterus. And therefore no periods.
But sleeping away boring days…I do the same.
Glad I’m not the only one!
I haven’t taken a shower in days too. Don’t worry too much about it. I don’t. As long as I don’t smell…
I haven’t the energy to do anything too. I don’t think it is depression because I don’t have bad thoughts and stuff. I just have no energy. Mind that AP take energy from us and age too is significant.
Negative symptoms can leave us very tired. I also sleep many hours a day. It is good to have little stress and lots of rest as it helps from getting a relapse.
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Nice. I showered today. 4’th day. Had to wash my hair twice. I get very hot at work and sweat a lot. I walk almost all day. I need to take showers more often than 3 days. But when I get off work, I stop following the daily routine and everything just falls apart. But I can’t work every day. No energy for that.
My experience in '94-'95, '97 and '99. (I was no longer able to work when The Furies revisited in '02 and '03.) BUT… I was mis-dx’d and mis-medicated. AND they didn’t have a lot of the fine meds they have now.
Are you working with a prescriber? Are you formally dx’d? What meds are you on and at what dosages? Have you any CBT or other therapy for depression / negative symptom sz? Have we discussed this before?
I’m on Abilify 25 mg. Quetiapine 200 mg. I got dx’d schizophreniform in hospital. I have never asked about my dx with my pdoc. I have filled a lot of sheets with questions of depression and bipolar and psychotic stuff. I have a psychologist I’m supposed to see. ButI don’t feel like I need to see her. Stupid me.
I’ve been like tired for like 45 years. No one pays it any mind. When I mention it to doctors, they act surprised.
Jayster
Fairly stiff doses in both cases.
Nice, conservative, cover-all-the-possible-bases dx.
I would definitely do that. Because that’s the door to insurance-funded PT. In the mean time, you can look into some CBT. Piles of books and workbooks available. Wayne Dyer’s ancient classic is still a great entry point. See…
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I’ve done CBT for anxiety and sleeping problems with my psychologist. I was supposed to call her in June to make new appointments.
I’ve had the same psychologist for 10 years. She knows me since before I got ill. But she will retire any time this year. I will get a new one. Maybe that is scaring me away. I have to get to know a new psychologist. I have a history of running away from my problems. The more problems I have the faster I run, until I colapse. I’ve used morphine and alcohol to calm down. But stopped them in 2010.