Posted by Garnet71 on September 13, 2009, at 10:27:03
In reply to when I hate myself, sometimes I just have to......, posted by obsidian on September 10, 2009, at 21:41:34
I forgot to mention meds...
SSRIs (took for anxiety) destroyed my motivation. When I quit taking them, it got better, but never fully returned. SSRIs had given me adverse affects for the last 3 years or so, but with an exception of a period of severe depression before this, I've never in my life had motivational problems until less than one year ago (and I'm middle aged).
In context of motivation, I don't know if my current symptoms are a coincidence or related to long-term SSRI use. I do know for sure that with my last trial of SSRIs, my motivation went from close to normal to close to zero in about two months of starting one.
I'm not trying to discourage you from taking meds, but over the past few years, I've gone 6 months or so at a time without them and had no problems. Then a panic attack or severe anxiety would appear, forcing me to restart again. Now I have to rely on meds for motivation, and even those are not helping as much as before.
Do you take SSRIs?
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