Feeling flat

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I had enough too, putting a face on is hard. Like you I have got to sort myself out. I also don't want to spend my life like this. I just never realised how hard it is, to live a normal life.

You certainly need to do something about it or it will just keep getting worse! 

how long have you felt like this?

I am going to see a councillor, I need to sort myself out as my parents need me. And for me to. 

Feeling flat, a couple of days. ive upped the medication and didn't know if it was that. 

Try to find something to focus on that stops you feeling flat. i know this is easily said than done if your mood is low. But depression is an evil disease and it it wants you to give up and limit you in what you do. Your only mechanism to fight back is you. Some days you will have the fight other days you wont. But dont let it win the war, its ok to lose a battle or two but you got to believe you will win in the end. However long it takes.

I'm on citalopram, they put it up about a week ago (40mg)  I'm not crying but just flat. I still don't like myself and feel useless, hopeful the councillor will help. I want to be normal.

Can you give the med another few weeks? It often takes a while to work properly. If it still feels flat you can tell your doc and switch to something else. I have been on probably 7 or 8 different ones til I found the Effexor which works pretty well for me.

I was in denial about my depression for many years but it has gotten worse lately. Like you say, I find it hard to do the simplest things in my life. I refuse to exercise, I often don't get dressed up during the day just hang around in the apartment in  my pj's, don't eat enough, don't shower often enough just to mention a few simple tasks. I need to discipline myself. If I would just tackle one thing at a time I'm sure I would improve myself. I don't want extra medication to remove my depression because I'm over medicated  as it is. I just have to think more positively about myself. I have gotten lazy these last few years. I know I can do it better. I'm not a failure, I'm just simply undisciplined. Positive self talk will change me one small step at a time.

I have been like this for weeks...finally I stopped eating gluten and also tried to cut down on my many goals. In other words, instead of telling myself I need to do this, and this and that today...and feeling worse, I googled How to Get Motivated When Depressed and found some good articles. Reading them helped and then I decided to do just one or two things. Small things. By just making your bed and getting dressed (not too fancy, just doing a pretty good job) you will feel more self-respect and motivation. If you are too tired to go on, then hey, at least you did more than yesterday! And if you feel motivated, you can try something else!. By doing this slowly, I have finally been able to get my new apartment reasonably organized and tidy. I think we also want or expect too much. I want my place to look like a celebrity's but I have to remember I don't have millions of $$