Daily functioning

How do you do your daily functioning when you are so depressed and don't have the energy to do anything? I am on a very short fuse. Its difficult at work with the work load just getting heavier When at home too tired and worn out to be able to do anything
I want to run and never stop. I cant handle it anymore and its mot fare on the other people
I am just to tired to fight anymore. Cant seems to really open up to t and pdoc, meds working i dont know. Getting better no getting worse.
What to do?

I tend to go "you can freak out later. Right now you gotta go to work." I might totally have a meltdown as soon as I get in my door, but at least I'll be at work. I figure if I gotta sacrifice one or the other, I sacrifice home things primarily, because I'll be able to catch up on them later. but if I lost my job, I'd lose everything. So if I don't do dishes for ages? Well... I guess when I run out I'll make my sorry butt do it.

I tend to just set little goals for myself. "Ok. I'm going to actually have a shower today." or "Ok, I'm going to do laundry (I do laundry in the morning and that might very well be the ONLY thing I do the whole day!)

Youve just got to keep on trying. Any effort you can make. This will pass eventually. When you're going through hell you've got to keep walking.

Routine is super important for me. It is harder to keep when I am depressed so I dumb it down a bit, make it simpler for me to get through the day. Without fail I get up and go outside every morning, I try to get dressed every day, even if its in trackpants its still better than a bathrobe. I try to get on the exercise bike at least for 5 minutes, I figure that is better than nothing and I do at least an hour of relaxation. Thats about the extent of my day if I am down and not working. When I am stable I do more, but I try not to overwhelm myself, I take it easy because thats what I need to stay well.

There are many things in my daily routine which feel so hard if I am low, but I use positive self talk to get through it. Sometimes I feel like I have a little cheerleader in my head cheering for me all day, it drains energy to keep this cheerleader going but it does help. Be kind to yourself

It's important to be honest and open with your providers. It's the only way they can help you.

As for what to do, it may be time to get off the gerbil's wheel for a bit. Trying to continue to push through it may ultimately cause you problems at work, either with your performance or by possibly blowing up at the wrong person at the wrong time. There are intensive outpatient or "partial hospital" programs that give you more focused treatment while you can still go home in the evenings. If you're in the US, you work for a company with more than 50 people, and have been with your employer long enough, you are covered under the FMLA and can take the time off you need to treat your illness.

I wouldn't wait much longer. It could save not only your job, but your life.

My job keeps me so insanely busy that I don't have time to freak out. I force myself to go to work everyday because I don't want to disappoint my family or my clients. Even in my deepest depression I have to do a lot of self talk to get going. And like others said, maybe some vacation time would be beneficial.

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