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Very low motivation but good moods

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ColinFirthsGirth · 17/01/2014 16:32

Hi, I have been on clomipramine for a number of years for depression/anxiety and OCD. My mood levels are fine but I always struggle with my motivation. I swing between very high motivation and very low motivation. I am also a huge procrastinator and I do wonder if I have adult adhd but there is no one that can assess me for it where I live. I take on projects etc when I am highly motivated and them can't finish things. I am self employed and ofr the first time this morning I cancelled my client saying that I was ill and could we rearrange it. I wasn't ill at all but when I feel like this nothing seems to motivate me - I tell myself I just need to do it but it is like walking through a very thick brick wall. I am not lazy - it genuniely feels like something I just can't do! I have now spent the rest of the day beating my self up hugely because I could have done with the money from this work and feel awful because I should be able to motivate myself to get to work. I also turned down the chance to see a good friend today because when I am like this I get rather anti-social and just want to sleep all day. However because my mood is ok the doctors are not too bothered and say they can't do anything. Does anyone else feel like this and has anyone got any advice? thankyou x

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NewName123 · 17/01/2014 17:20

yes I often feel like this. I try not to push myself to do too much in a day. I am also self employed and try not to book too much in on one day. With house work too I just tell myself I will do one thing then relax for the rest of the day. I am not one of these people that can just keep going.

silvermirror · 18/01/2014 22:07

Sleeping all day can be a sure sign yr very depressed and a way of preventing collisions if we had dared faced the day so a very poor way of self preservation. Yr isolating yrself socially.
This website might be some comfort for yr self dx of ADHD.
aadduk.org/
There is advise were yu can access nhs ADHD assessments and treatments.
I hope yu get somewhere with the ADHD but have you considered bipolar disorder?

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