Posted by SLS on June 17, 2006, at 13:00:53 [reposted on July 2, 2006, at 13:05:16 | original URL]
In reply to I'm not afraid, I just don't wanna...., posted by gabmeister on June 17, 2006, at 12:23:22
> Several years ago when I was first diagnosed with depression, my doc was also concerned about the fact that I was no longer leaving the house except to go to work (and that was extremely traumatic every day). Went on the Effexor and was seeing not only family-doc but psycho-doc.
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> My problem is not that I am afraid to leave the house, I just don't wanna go outside. Come home from work Friday nite and don't leave the house til Monday morning. Just sit in (and am quite content to do so). Poor hubby has to do everything alone. A week holiday? Stay in the house each and every day. Seem to have noooo motivation. I'm just flat.
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> Anyone else? Any suggestions? I don't want to simply sit in front of the t.v. for the rest of my life. The ONLY thing that gets me out is work and that's only 'cause it's an evil necessity.
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> Supposed to go our our eldest daughter's tomorrow for Father's Day. I'm already trying to figure out how to get out of going. Thinking of faking a really bad headache. Kinda wanna go BUT it's just so much effort. Just don't feel like putting that much energy into anything (even though I love my hub dearly).
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> Help.
Are you more flat now than before you started taking Effexor?Drugs like Effexor (serotonin reuptake inhibitors) can produce or worsen apathy and amotivation. It sounds like you are still depressed and might profit from a change in medication.
Do you experience anxiety all of the time or only in certain situations? Sometimes, anxiety can be the result of depression when one is forced to do things that are outside their comfort zone. Unfortunately, the comfort zone left by depression is very small. For me, sometimes it is limited to the couch in front of the TV.
Why don't you post these questions on the main Psycho-Babble board.
- Scott
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