Help More productive, but nothing else

[hurts2b-old]

I believe this is an effect of the meds I'm now on even though it's only been a few days. I've been more motivated to do things, takes less effort to act and my default inertia is less severe. My mental state hasn't changed. I'm more active though. I don't really see this as a problem (probably gonna have to CTB eventually either way, my emotions make no difference). I'm just wondering if this is a common effect. I will say that it's also made my insomnia worse. But that's neither here nor there, the meds seem to have given me an artificial energy supply.

 

[byec560]

Idk what meds you're on, but I've been mixing Adderall with large doses of caffeine pills. Sometimes they make me very productive but other times I just zone out on whatever task I'm doing no matter how stupid or inconsequential. Anti-depressants didn't do anything for me, positive or negative. I agree. It doesn't really mean anything in the grand scheme of things because a temporary change in attitude doesn't do anything about the underlying issues.

 

[hurts2b-old]

Idk what meds you're on, but I've been mixing Adderall with large doses of caffeine pills. Sometimes they make me very productive but other times I just zone out on whatever task I'm doing no matter how stupid or inconsequential. Anti-depressants didn't do anything for me, positive or negative. I agree. It doesn't really mean anything in the grand scheme of things because a temporary change in attitude doesn't do anything about the underlying issues.

You understand perfectly <3

I'm on Prozac at the moment. I tried Adderall and the like as a kid, couldn't handle the weird heart sensations so discontinued it. I take a different (non stimulant) for the ADHD.

 

[orpheus_]

I'm on fluoxetine (prozac) and bupropion, and honestly same. It's like something is making me do things but they still feel meaningless. I had a brief period when I regained positive emotions but now they're gone again, and I'm only left functional but still miserable. It seems to be a common effect, especially on meds that are activating - and both prozac and most adhd meds are. I literally asked my psychiatrist about it today and whether there's anything to do here with meds, offered me switching fluoxetine to venlafaxine because more noradrenaline can help. Or just getting a "stronger" antidepressant in general. Idk about that, it could also be more related to psychological/life things, but switching something with meds could be worth giving a try.