Am I depressed? I feel like I've lost my energy and ambition.?

Question: Lately, I've been feeling and very awful. I don't have an energy and I'm tired all the time. I have a hard time doing simple things like keeping on top of my housecleaning and my finances. I feel like I'm a horrible mother and wife. I've completely lost interest in sex and I just don't feel like getting up in the morning. I'm always late and I'm very disorganized. My life isn't very stressful. What stresses me out is all the things that I'm not doing that I think I should be doing. I wasn't always like this. I used to have drive and ambition to do things, but it seems like the things that I used to love and were important to me just don't mean much anymore. I don't feel like hurting myself or commiting suicide, I just lost my mojo. I also must confess that I like to take painkillers. I haven't taken them that much but I do like them. I also used to smoke weed and it seems to me that even when I was stoning I was still accomplishing more than I am now. Somone help me.

Answers:
I think it is very normal to feel down at certain points in our lives. Sometimes we can get through that time and for some reason that ambition just comes back. Other times it requires taking it to the next step and talking to your Dr. about what is going on and how you are feeling. It is also VERY helpful to talk to a counselor of some sort. Most insurance companies cover things like that with a small co-pay so check that out. It helps so much to talk to someone about what is going on in your life and why you are feeling the way you are. Perhaps you can pinpoint things that were going on in your life that maybe brought you down to this level and a counselor is good at narrowing down events to get to what is really going on.
If you have painkillers in the house just get rid of them...toss them out. You do not want to become dependent on that. It will just add another obstacle in your life. It never helps in the long run to "cover up" and mask what is really going on. Weed won't help you get to the core of what is going on either.
Take some time every day to just sit in the quiet and ask God to help you...to show you what is wrong and ask him for the strength and guidance to get you back on the right track again. Putting all of these things together will make you a healthier happier you. Start small and take baby steps to do what you need to do to get back to being you. Exercise helps too. Even a 1/2hr. walk everyday releases endorphines in the brain (that's your bodys natural feel good "drug") that can help your moods.

BTW you are not a horrible mom and wife...you're just in a funk right now...you're acknowledging that there is something wrong and you are going to take steps to fix it. I think that is you being an excellent mom and wife. You care and you want to make things right. You can do it !!! When you do you'll be happy you did. I wish you the best on your journey to you're true you!!!

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Hi the way you are feeling is a classic sign of depression and it is caused by a chemical imbalance in your brain. Depression can be easily treated through a bit of counseling or if needed drug therapy. Dont think you are an idiot about the way you are feeling these days alot of the population goes through depression at some stage in their life it is just hard dont get me wrong. Can i suggest if you do not feel comfortable about talking to a loved one about the problem see your doctor and there are many different sorts of treatment that you are able to try before you turn to drugs. Good luck and i hope you feel better soon.

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