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Originally Posted by Sometimes psychotic
So for those of you who don't know me I have bipolar I with psychotic features. I tend to focus on the psychosis and don't pay much attention to moods but I've been noticing that my energy level has been much lower over the last year, like I don't even cook anymore and that's something I used to enjoy. I see the pdoc in a month or so but I'm trying to figure out if I might have been depressed all this time. She gives me a depression questionnaire each time and I never score too highly but I'm wonder can you just experience depression as a type of low energy where you just don't get things done but you feel mostly OK. I never though about it this way before and I'm wondering if I might need a med adjustment. Any insights?
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Depression definitely comes with fatigue and even exhaustion. But you don't "feel mostly OK" when depressed.
Depression is when you feel helpless, hopeless, like you were in a very dark cage without a way out. You're likely to think about death a lot, like others or yourself dying. You see the world in gray instead of in colors. There are dark, thick clouds over your head and inside your head: your mind is also a dark, clouded place. You may feel empty, worthless, guilty, a loser, a failure. You lose interest in most, if not all, activities that you normally enjoyed. You find no pleasure in anything.
It may also come with anxiety-like symptoms: irritability, feeling frustrated, lack of focus, poor sleep or lack of sleep.