Restless. Don't Feel Like Doing Anything

I have bipolar and know that a loss of interest in all activities can be a symptom of depression. But what about the other spectrum? I'm restless and can't seem to settle on anything that would interest me. No book, no TV show, no hobby, there's absolutely NOTHING I feel like doing right now. I just have this strange inner restlessness that I've never noticed before. Could this be a symptom of the onset of mania? I've felt some other things too but haven't really kept track of them. If I'm going into mania, I'm doomed. There is nothing I can take for it that won't cause tardive dyskinesia (been there done that, thank you very much) or make me fat. I don't want to be this way mentally. But I've lost 78 pounds in the last year and I am NOT gaining it back. The extra weight made my deep depression so much worse. I do not want to go back there.

I only take Olanzapine when I need it. Shoots me right out of the sky; it is fast-acting and effective. The psychiatrist wanted me always on it, but I eat until my stomach hurts. I constantly want to eat McDonald’s cheeseburgers non-stop.

That said, I don’t know what your symptoms mean.

Could be a mild mixed episode...I get these all the time. Depressed, no motivation, no interest in life...but at the same time restless, agitated, nervous, even pacing around.
Mostly my meds keep it relatively mild...

Sounds mixed to me and thats pure hell of earth.

I would consider a short term of a AP to knock this down.

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I agree with the others, it sounds like a mixed episode

i feel like this sometimes. i think in the past i would have drank and smoked to get past that feeling, but i don't do that anymore so sometimes i'm just sitting around and i think i should watch a show or something but i turn it on and i'm just not interested at all in any of it, nor books, nor anything. i wonder if that feeling is just the sort-of leveled off emptiness that my meds give me that once would have been filled up with some kind of an episode that i'd subsequently obliterate and obfuscate with booze, drugs, and nicotine.

I get these episodes regularly. I agree with the others that it’s probably mixed