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Jun 16, 2018, 04:18 AM
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I had been depressed so long I didn't even really know what I used to enjoy. Like it says "it may take 6-8 weeks for whatever you used to like to do." Something like that. Anyways, it's been 2 weeks on 40 mg of Prozac and I'm starting to feel more interested in doing something. But the past couple days it was still like I was staring at a wall and "sitting and thinking" or "sitting and staring" as some psychiatrists talk about bipolar depression. So I forced myself to read a book and I started reading it and I was like "Oh yeah, I used to love reading." Then I played pokemon and I was like "Oh yeah, I used to love playing pokemon." I had depression where I couldn't even watch TV because I couldn't focus on the television and it was over stimulating. I did nothing at all. So now I'm realizing that there are things that I DO enjoy doing. It's like I have to force myself to do enjoyable things and now with the prozac starting to work I'm like "wow oh yeah I used to have enjoyable activites." Anyone else been there? Done that?
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Jun 16, 2018, 01:32 PM
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I hear you. When I get stuck in a depressive episode I don’t enjoy anything except going to bed. I can’t even imagine doing things that I thought I enjoyed.
When I finally snap out of it I’m able to enjoy things and remember things that I forget was enjoyable. It sucks 
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Jun 16, 2018, 01:50 PM
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I can relate. Everything I do is so forced. I water my garden because last summer I LOVED gardening, but I really don’t care about it anymore. It annoys me. But since I used to love it, I feel obligated to maintain it.
It’s hard for me to identify how I feel, because I feel so blank. Yet not blank. Lots of thoughts, but detached. Not happy, not sad. My medicine manages my mania and depression, but it lately has left me without my spirit. I’m just here. Going through the motions because that’s what I’m supposed to do. My drive is gone. Everything “fun” is an obligation. Hopefully we can “snap out” of this soon. It’s so surreal and unpleasant. I definitely understand.
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Jun 16, 2018, 02:23 PM
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I've had that with Depakote. I just couldn't get into anything. It took me a few months on Latuda when I finally felt I could do things I used to do. Now I have too much going on.
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