[Marsuevess]

i am just wondering if no motivation to do anything is part of adhd. I want to do things in life but never am motivated to do anything. Is this part of adhd or just me?

Originally Posted by Marsuevess

i am just wondering if no motivation to do anything is part of adhd. I want to do things in life but never am motivated to do anything. Is this part of adhd or just me?

Hello Marsuevess: I can't tell you if no motivation is considered to be a part of adhd. But I noticed that your "My Mood" icon says you're depressed. And there is no doubt that lack of motivation is a cardinal sign of depression. So if you're feeling depressed, it would make sense you would be lacking in motivation.

[Miswimmy1]

I find that I am often unmotivated because I'm overwhelmed. Like I know what I want to do- I want to be a therapist. But when I think about all the work, the school, the time and energy it will take for me to get there, I have no idea where to begin and it all just seems overwhelming. With ADHD, trouble with organization, planning, and following things through are often road blocks to success. That may have something to do with it.

[PrepCouture]

Did you talk to your doctor about dopamine deficiency?

[sakera]

I have times where I'm super motivated (and it has to happen here and now) and periods when the same thing doesn't get me excited at all

[Schwarze Eule]

I don't have much motivation either, but I don't have a diagnosis of anything. I hope things get better for you soon.

[KikiDeMilo]

I have huge compassion and empathy with anyone that feels prisoner to the functionality of their mind. I've suffered with adhd my who life, unwittingly, an I've only recently realized it. When I think of how much and how long I've suffered unnecessarily and how much potention I have been unable to fulfill, I am rendered semi-catatonic. On top of my condition I have a spouse who is incapable of compassion for me and unwilling to attempt to care. He puts enormous pressure on me and can be so verbally abusive simply because its of such a huge inconvenience to him and doesn't recognize the validity of my state. I am 31 years old and a mother of 2 small girls, 17 months apart. Having been a stay at home mom with no outside help I feel psychologically overwhelmed and unable to fulfill my duties any longer, with regard to my household chores. I am drained and desperate, I feel alone and abandoned. And as someone who has spent my life helping and trying to "save" others (my husband included) when they had no one else I have trouble accurately describing in words just how painful it is to know that no one is here for me when I am in the worst place I've ever been in my life. The only kind of interest anyone has ever paid to my life is only for vanity sake, the way I look, or what I can do for them. But I have never received the kind of genuine and earnest care I've offered to so many others over the years, strangers and friends alike. This affliction is cumbersome and exhaustive and like so many other problems that originate in the brain, it feels impossible to overcome. I say all this to say... you are not alone!

[Prayca]

I know exactly how you feel. I'm in college right now but even though they're so much work to be done, I can't get started on doing any of it.
3 months into the semester and I still haven't opened up the first text book.
It's not like I'm doing anything else either.
I deleted all the games on my computer for the sole purpose of getting things done; but all that's made me do is feel even less motivated to do anything at all.
I'm failing 2 of my classes because of this.
I dunno. I really hope it's an episode or something because it would really suck to always feel like this.