I've had severe depression in my early 20's...it was a b*tch, I can now recognize when I'm slipping, and lately I'm having problems getting myself motivated to do the simplest things, like mowing the grass for instance. I'm willing to go out & do it, I just don't feel like jumping in the truck to go get gas for the tractor, so I blow it off. Or thinking while I'm at work that I'm going to go home & clean the house...and I wind up going to bed instead @ 5:00pm.
My partner is on paxil...I went on vaca w/ her & my mom two weeks ago, 13 hr drive. I took some of her meds because I knew the trip would be a struggle for me w/ those two in the car.
It can become quite debilitating if something doesn't get you out of it, whether it being meds or something that makes you very happy that you enjoy doing.
