No motivation. Bipolar or lazy?

So I'm not depressed and have been travelling pretty well lately. I just have no motivation. For example I haven't showered since Friday nt because I'm down I just can't be bothered. I'm still working etc and it's ok then, just my days off I just keep lying down on my Bed ad not getting up. Hours pass and I'll have fleeting thoughts of getting up but they don't stay in my mind, I just day dream and nap the days away. Do you think it's a bipolar thing or a lazy as hell thing? Yesterday I got up at 6pm and today I got up between 9-11am only, and now it's 7pm. I think I need a dog to get me up.

Are you possibly going through the depression part of bipolar? That could cause the lack of motivation

I dunno. I don't feel depressed. I do feel nothing, like flat as a pancake so I dunno?

I saw my doc last friday and said I'd been feeling flat and low sometimes, but other times fine and other times happy as... He just said that I was just experiencing ongoing symptoms, but not enough for a relapse.

Haa it old my friend I felt flat and completely unmotivated and she said that's how the general non-bi polar public feels at all times which I thought was funny.

it is good to see you posting again

hope you feel better soon

Sounds like you're slipping into depression to me. That's how mine starts especially the not wanting to get out of bed. Except mine is not wanting to get off the couch.

I've been wondering the same thing, except, its going on 3yrs now. I used to always be doing something. Now the highlight of my day is going to get my mail, and talking in the forums or chat rooms. I don't even read books that I've been given to read.
I live alone since my divorce and like it that way, I know its unhealthy, but...here I am. "Flat" is a good word for it...hopefully someone can shed some light on it.

Greg

Thanks for your replies guys.

I hope I'm not on my way down, ever since I got my meds sorted I've just been bubbling just above normal which has been fantastic. But aking meds has left me with no clue about my early warning signs, when per meds I could have written a book on it. Just different I suppose.

Greg I am sorry that you have been feeling this way. Time flies when you are zoned out sometimes doesn't it? I hope that someone is able to help

I'm not BP but actually BPD ....however, I can relate to what you are saying and have wondered the same thing myself. I put it down to a mild depression...not quite debilitating but enough to lack motivation for simple daily tasks. I guess it could also be laziness but you mentioned a flat feeling which to me, indicates a mild depression. Don't freak out about it though. I have to sometimes drag myself into the shower but always feel better afterwards.

Apathy can be a mild depression. My T called it a "flat affect".

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I recently went to my pdoc with the same problem. I am finding it extremely hard to get off the couch, have showers, or find enjoyment in things. He says it sounds like depression, I told him Im not sad, have no other symptoms so I dont think it is. So then he said he has no idea I was thinking my AP might be up too high so I might experiment with dropping that down but I cant just yet as I have a few things to work out first.

In the mean time, I was pushing myself before, but now I am pushing myself even more. Its really difficult, I dont really enjoy the activites that are off the couch so why should I move? But I know that activity helps with motivation so I keep pushing and keep doing things hoping that the motivation will come. I feel proud at the end of the day if I have achieved something, but as yet motivation to do more is not there.

Goodluck.

I don't think you have to be sad to be in a depression. To me you have the classic signs of it. I have the same issues and can't quite seem to dig myself out of the hole. Y

I can definitely relate. But I don't think it is depression for me either. Does the time pass slowly or quickly? When I am depressed, time crawls by at a maddening pace. I feel a tightness in my chest and I wonder how in the world I am going to make it through the long, long day.

Now, I don't feel like that, I just don't feel like doing anything. I haven't cooked for my family. I have work that needs to be done. I'm self employed and these are projects that will bring income, but I just look at my desk and say..."not today." I hope it passes for both of us very soon.

I know i was that way for 3 yrs. I did what was needed to do, but nothing more. I fianally forced myself little by little to get up and do things, force key word, but its hard, if u cant find things to do. I find myself wanting to go back to the couch, im not sure if i still feel depressed or if it was just a habit, or it felt good. I dont know. I hope things get better

I think you have to continue to force yourself to be engaged.

I know if I don't I become really apathetic and stop trying. Its easier to sit and stare at the computer screen then be engaged with people in rl and keep up hobbies. It feels like a mild depression though.

How long do you need to force yourself before it starts to come naturally?

I have never been considered a lazy person by those around me, that is a label I put on myself, I have asked my support network over and over if I am just lazy and it is a resounding no. But I still feel lazy. The last few months (besides a few days here and there) it has been a constant inner battle to do more, be more. When I do more the only thing I get out of it is tiredness. No enjoyment or happiness, sometimes I am just content. How long do I have to keep forcing myself? Will it ever be easier? I remember a time when it was.

For me I would just force myself for a bit, and then get really drunk and eventually drive myself hypo manic and be happy again. Of course that was the old days and it did make the whole situation way worse over time.

Now I don't know, it's different with meds on board... I was really bad for ages and didn't go back to the doc for about six months and was depressed and anxious and it was awful, like the second worse time for me ever because the meds meant I couldn't manic my way out of it. Or fake a smile even. Then I finally went back after a deep and meaningful from my boss and the doc kinda fixed it. Things were easier after that but I think it was six months before I started to get pleasure from things again. and then the last six months have been the best ever which has been awesome.

Until now, but I'm hoping it's just a bad case of pms that's messing me up this last week or so...?

Anyway, the point I was trying to make is
- it can take ages to start to feel better
- if it's been ages and you still feel bad maybe something as to change. For me it was the crazy pills but for you it might be different?

Hope that helps