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..or is it just me?
Ive got loads I need to do, loads I would like to do (in principle anyway)

But I just....cant...be...bothered. Everything is a huge effort, and if Im not in the mood to do something I can't bring myself to do it. It's like an overwhelming feeling of boredom.

Anyone else?
 
I'd reply, but I cant be bothered!!
 
Marcel said:
..or is it just me?
Ive got loads I need to do, loads I would like to do (in principle anyway)

But I just....cant...be...bothered. Everything is a huge effort, and if Im not in the mood to do something I can't bring myself to do it. It's like an overwhelming feeling of boredom.

Anyone else?
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All the time. There is _never_ a time where I have nothing to do (gawd, being a grown up sucks!) but finding the motivation these days just isn't happening.
 
Marcel said:
..or is it just me?
Ive got loads I need to do, loads I would like to do (in principle anyway)

But I just....cant...be...bothered. Everything is a huge effort, and if Im not in the mood to do something I can't bring myself to do it. It's like an overwhelming feeling of boredom.

Anyone else?
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Count me in....

HornetSting said:
I get that quite often, but at the same time I get frustrated that Im not doing anything, so its difficult sometimes.
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trencheel303 said:
All the time. There is _never_ a time where I have nothing to do (gawd, being a grown up sucks!) but finding the motivation these days just isn't happening.
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Agree with both....

When I get bored I find it hard to actually find something to do - so I search the net for places to go to then by the time I find somewhere its too late to go...

So then I will scour the TP sales then get in a rut that I have just missed out on a bargain so then I look at ebay - then I start talking to myself as people are asking ridiculous amounts for something - then look at the stupid amounts that some are placing bid's for when there is other sellers selling exactley the same thing on a BIN for cheaper....

Then its time for bed as I have then relieved my boredom but have done absolutely nowt all day... Then its back to work where I wish I was at home not doing anything....

Seems an endless circle :bonk:
 
There are times when you just have to kick yourself in the ar** and tell yourself to get on with it, maybe all you need to do is take that first step and you'll find you start to enjoy things again.
 
I think you have just described a condition known as "life"
 
I know exactly where you're coming from. I have a to do list and just sit there looking at it thinking I'm too bored to do anything about it!
 
Yep been there for ages, same old boring crappy routine just a different day, I have no motivation to do anything nowdays, and nothing holds my interest for very long either.
 
YUP! Mainly due to work at the garage, just soooo fed up of it atm its bringing everything else down too. Loving weekends shooting weddings, but finding time to do the processing afterwards is a nightmare. I keep looking at piles of ironing, dusty tables, etc and cannot be bothered. There are so many things I should be doing and I just cannot be bothered :shake:
 
I've been like that for the last 2 years !

Everything is a chore because i feel soooooo tired all the time. i'm in ok physical shape and i get enough sleep, but I constantly feel drained :(
 
Yes, but I console myself with the fact that I can go home at 16.00...
 
Marcel said:
..or is it just me?
Ive got loads I need to do, loads I would like to do (in principle anyway)

But I just....cant...be...bothered. Everything is a huge effort, and if Im not in the mood to do something I can't bring myself to do it. It's like an overwhelming feeling of boredom.

Anyone else?
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All joking aside, that is one of the first symptoms of depression, may be worth getting it checked out.

Hope you feel more interested soon!
 
I've been like that for the last 2 years !

Everything is a chore because i feel soooooo tired all the time. i'm in ok physical shape and i get enough sleep, but I constantly feel drained
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Sums me up to a T and recently had a bunch of tests to see if anything is wrong, result nowt unusual in the results.

I put it down to a jobs that bores me, left overs from a divorce that I should have got over. Bombarding with nothing but bad news and doom and gloom from the media.

There's a million reasons if you look for them, and a similar number of reasons to get out of the rut, but how......................

Depression yup, but I've no intention of going back to Prozac they sent me loopy.

What we all need is to find something that ignites the fire inside again, like when we where teenagers getting ratarsed all the time and acting like idiots. We had energy in bundles and had a dare do all attitude.

Maybe I'm just getting old but thats inevitable, I just keep smiling and trooping on looking for that light which I know is at the end of the tunnel hoping it doesn't have a set of pearly gates in front of it LOL.

Cheers up folks it's Sunday and we aren't working :D
 
Sounds like symptoms of depression to me. I've suffered myself and so have a couple of friends. I notice those symptoms a mile off.
 
I suffered from severe depression just over 12 months ago (I'm still on the Prozac), was feeling run down all the time, bored and tired, this, coupled with some stressful changes at work finally took its toll!

Even on the Prozac I still did not feel fantastic although they did help a bit. Then at the end of April this year I was diagnosed with having Severe Obstructional Sleep Apnea.

It turns out that for a long time, I had never actually been getting any REM sleep and even though I often was in bed for 10-12 hour at a time, I was never getting more than a few minutes deep sleep. At night my Blood Oxygen levels were dropping to as low as 70% (should be between 92% and 95% during sleep), the Consultant said I was the worse he had ever seen and he could not understand how I was still managing to function. I was waking up (albeit I was unaware) in excess of 150 times in a measured 8 hour spell.

I wear a mask to bed now and have air forced into my lungs whilst I sleep. I now feel like a new man again (haven't found one yet (joke)) and am much more full of life and vitality.

Whilst Obstructional Sleep Apnea is usually found in overweight persons (such as myself) it is not a precursor for the problem and many thin people also suffer from it!
 
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I'm with you there Marcel. Equal parts apathy and lethargy are a toxic mix. I've got plenty to do but unless I've got a deadline then I can quite easily give those things a damn good ignoring.

The problem is I tend to leave things so long that it then becomes a stress inducing panic to get them done in time when somebody adds a deadline. Lastminute.com isn't just a website, it's a way of life for me.
 
I'm a bit of a manic depressive, never been diagnosed, other than by my wife :annoyed: sometimes I just can't be bothered to do anything, other times i'm fine.

I just think I need my own space more, before we had kids i'd get in from work at 2-3pm and there'd be nobody here until 6.30pm

I really miss that
 
Some research recently linked low salt diets to this problem. Too much salt is a problem in itself, but too little salt leads to lethargy etc.
 
Marcel said:
..or is it just me?
Ive got loads I need to do, loads I would like to do (in principle anyway)

But I just....cant...be...bothered. Everything is a huge effort, and if Im not in the mood to do something I can't bring myself to do it. It's like an overwhelming feeling of boredom.

Anyone else?
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get your ass out of the door and go for a walk or run...
 
Bay Runner said:
I always find exercise works well, a good swim or cycle gets me motivated, the hardest bit is getting my kit on
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Have just joined the gym and feel more motivated after a session, but can't seem to get past 9pm each night without dropping off!
 
I was confined to the house for 18months with depression a long time ago now. Pills are a short time fix. They made me worse as they took away my will to live.
Believe them when they say to get out. Leave TP etc alone for a wee while, go out for a walk, preferably one that makes your body work a bit. This will get the heart pumping & the air into your lungs. It works!
 
Marcel said:
..or is it just me?
Ive got loads I need to do, loads I would like to do (in principle anyway)

But I just....cant...be...bothered.
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Sounds like you need someone to do the work for you. PM me to discuss my rates... :D

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Marcel said:
..or is it just me?
Ive got loads I need to do, loads I would like to do (in principle anyway)

But I just....cant...be...bothered. Everything is a huge effort, and if Im not in the mood to do something I can't bring myself to do it. It's like an overwhelming feeling of boredom.

Anyone else?
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Today's meeting of the Apathy Society has been cancelled due to lack of interest:lol:
 
EdBray said:
I was diagnosed with having Severe Obstructional Sleep Apnea.

It turns out that for a long time, I had never actually been getting any REM sleep and even though I often was in bed for 10-12 hour at a time, I was never getting more than a few minutes deep sleep. At night my Blood Oxygen levels were dropping to as low as 70% (should be between 92% and 95% during sleep), the Consultant said I was the worse he had ever seen and he could not understand how I was still managing to function. I was waking up (albeit I was unaware) in excess of 150 times in a measured 8 hour spell.

I wear a mask to bed now and have air forced into my lungs whilst I sleep. I now feel like a new man again (haven't found one yet (joke)) and am much more full of life and vitality.
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Me to, my waking moments were 85 to 90 an hour though ! normal people get 5 to 6 in an hour.

Im sleeping much better, but suffering with a bad back is stopping me get more exercise, which i know i need to get to lose the excess weight, catch 22 at the moment, so im changing my diet, try to lose some of the weight so it eases the stress on my back, so i can get back to more exercise etc. Long term fix, hopefully it will work out though :)

I did mention this to Marcel a while ago, he obviously didnt listen ;)
 
digitalfailure said:
I've been like that for the last 2 years !

Everything is a chore because i feel soooooo tired all the time. i'm in ok physical shape and i get enough sleep, but I constantly feel drained :(
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This is a pretty good description of me too - I have real trouble getting my brain to turn off and actually relax. I am shattered all of the time, have trouble getting to sleep, don't feel like I get enough sleep but I wake up early every day and my mind goes into overdrive and that's it then - I'm awake... yet still knackered and totally apathetic.

It's not good.
 
Get a dog, it works for me, i love taking my 2 dogs for a 1 hour walk after work and find it gets my head together with the added bonus of exercise.
I'm lucky to live near a river with very few people around and sometimes just find a spot and sit for a while just watching the wildlife doing it's thing puts a bit of calm in my life.
 
you need a good women to sort you out and get you back on track ( I have one for sale if you are interested) but don't tell the wife :)
 
Try some banging music. I find heavy metal's quite invigorating especially if it has some screaming in it. How about SOil?

Also when I was pregnant I had difficulty walking uphill or quickly and it turned out that I was anemic. After a course of iron tablets I felt much more energetic. Could be worth getting the doc to check this.
 
IanC_UK said:
I did mention this to Marcel a while ago, he obviously didnt listen ;)
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I did! Doctor wanted to rule anything else out first, so sent me for the full raft of blood tests. I get the results this week.

RE : Depression, I've suffered from it before, since 2004..and on and off since.
I did ask the doctor about it a month or two ago and he put me on a newish tablet....But I tried half of one and was zombified...
Then after a bit of googling, I notice there was a massive risk of huge weight gain with it, something which I can't afford to have, so in a fit of "I'm feeling better this week doctor", I told him so and said maybe my mood is linked to the lack of proper sleep (which we had discussed before).

That's why he's taken this route. He's a very "What would you like me to do for you today" type doctor,.....which is nice, but sometimes I wanna say "No idea...you're the doctor" lol.

It's like Im stumbling from day to day. You know like when you just wake up and go through the motions of getting dressed because you know you have to. All day is like that.
I seem to just act like an automaton most days.

Some days, especially in the morning, I can feel *boom* full of energy (usually when at home), get this this and that done. To do lists ticked off. Everything clean, tidy, and OCD like (which makes me happy :p), then an hour or two later...whoosh...the apathy and lethargy just washes over me again and I can't be bothered doing anything, and the mood goes right down.
It's strange to flick from one to the other so quickly in such a short space of time.

Will see what these blood tests say and what the doctor thinks of the sleep apnoea angle.
 
Marcel, your symptoms definitely seem like sleep apnea to me. It was a great relief when mine was diagnosed as it all seemed to make sense then and the use of the respirex machine made a massive difference.

Those tablets you mention weren't Ramaprill were they? I took them for a couple of weeks and was a complete zombie, it was how I imagine Alzheimer's to be, apart from being in a daze, I would go somewhere and then wonder what I was doing there. Changed to Flouxetine (Prozac) and jobs a good un!
 
Ive had fluoxetine before...They didnt help the first time round IIRC. I just felt very 'middle of the road....no ups or downs at all' sort of feeling.

TBH Ive tried a few different ones and I can't remember which worked first time round....IIRC one worked back in 2004, but I had a terrible dry mouth and restless leg. It was horrible.

I had Citalopram last year which worked a bit (made me feel very middle of the road though), but coming off them was a nightmare.

These he prescribed were Mirtazipine.
 
Marcel said:
I had Citalopram last year which worked a bit (made me feel very middle of the road though), but coming off them was a nightmare.

These he prescribed were Mirtazipine.
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Im on citalopram Marcel, along with Epilim Chrono. Was hoping to wean myself off them but perhaps I wont just yet!!
 
Whatever you do, don't just stop them. The proper advice is to cut down first, if only for a week or two.

I tried coming off and had a bad weekend, where I went really light headed and dizzy and felt really strange. Took half of one to 'stave off' the dizzyness, and got myself through it...
 
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