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what is this feeling

autumn8890
autumn8890

I don't feel manic and I don't really feel depressed. I just feel weird. I feel like I need to be doing something but not sure what it is so I feel restless and incontent. At the same time I am sort of sad and feel hopeless but not like usual when I get depressed. It is just this sort of blah feeling and I can't seem to do anything that makes me okay or happy. I've been reading the boards and trying to put my mind on others so I don't dwell on this awful feeling but it doesn't seem to work. Do you ever just feel like you have no real feelings, blah, stuck, sad? I would rather be full blown depressed or manic that stuck in the middle with no answers or ideas about what to do. UUUggghh wish this in between stuff would just go away. Can't really focus on reading or homework, bored with TV, raining outside isn't helping either. What would you do? 

irishwriter
irishwriter
when i have non-specific anxiety i usually take a xanax and find that it really help relieve these feelings. klonopin or ativan would do either. do you have any of these. it is a horrible feeling.
Sworddancer68
Sworddancer68
Going through this right now Autumn. I have enough energy to keep me going and to feel like I should be doing something but not enough motivation to do anything. I feel somewhat numb at the moment. Not a lot of anxiety just a 'I don't give a shitt attitude'.

I hope that's not what you are feeling. If we can get out of the blahs we may actually be productive huh? LOL
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
You've been going through a lot with concern about your son and your grandbaby so maybe some of it is anxiety sweetie... If it continues it may be a mixed state.....If it goes on for long I would see your doctor... Do you have a prn to take to help you with calm?...Big hug...xo
autumn8890
autumn8890
I do have prn klonipin but didn't even think about it being anxiety. I will take some and see if it helps. Thanks guys I just feel so unsettled.
silentstorm87
silentstorm87
I call this the "in-between", but the medical name is "mixed state". You're neither high nor low...in my experience it's like I'm tingling with electricity. Like I'm ready to burst out of my skin. I have all of this potential energy, but zero will to use it. It's hard to sit still, but impossible to find something to do. I rapid cycle so it usually goes away in a few days. I take my klonipin and try to sleep. With 3 kids I can't always do so...so I listen to music...or try to watch a show...sometimes I write...sometimes I just pace around the house... No one thing works. I hope it passes soon for you.
HeartDX
HeartDX
Flat maybe disassociating? I had that a week then it lifted.
autumn8890
autumn8890
The klonipin actually helped some. Still feeling blah and stuck in the world but I think it will eventually be okay. I have a tdoc appt in two weeks so maybe I'll make it until then. I think this may be a mixed state which I rarely experience so just hard. Thanks again.
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