apathy & lack of motivation

Still need help with this.  Don't know whether its parky or meds or depression!  Just have no energy, no 'get up & go'

Still very tired.

Any suggestions

Girlirish

Hi girlirish
I understand what your talking about. Now add menopause to it and you have my situation. Today I had one of those apathy, lack of motivation days.
Everything seems to go wrong. So I went to my best friend, my husband, and he just held me and we talked. You need to talk or write or paint out your emotions.
I find it helps. Even listening to music. Then it's time to start my day over. Avoid the stressful things. Tackle them another time. Take care of you.
Keep moving,
fiestytex

I was going to reply to this yesterday, but I couldn't be bothered. As regards procrastination, I'll get back to you on that one ...

But seriously, it's a definite symptom, compounded by the medication. Makes it difficult to plan ahead too far, plus there is associated guilt because things are not getting done. I guess we just have to learn to live in the present.

Hello Girlirish, the bear'se xperience for what it's worth. I am still working full time for a national charity. Motivation is also becoming a problem with me due to a drop in energy levels and I too, from the outside only have a tremor controled in non-stressful situations by my patch meds which are not that strong compared to some so I put my occasional lethargy down to the pd. I too walk through treacle at times but not as much as I did premeds. I fall asleep during long meetings - though that happens to non-pd attendees also - and worse of all after 2-3 tins of beer am also asleep, thanks meds! I have great job with an understanding boss but I am looking to retire early in 2 years time when my pension/benefits package and mommy bear going to work full time - social worker - will be liveable on. I wouldn't want to work and not pull my weight especially when I have schools and other types of volunteers in their 90's still going strong. What i am trying to say is I draw my strength from a number of sources, not all of them positive - mortgage to pay, bear cub hopefuly going to to uni in 2 years, the kind of debts that all families accrue, movng to a new cave to accomodate mother in law type bear etc Things like this don't so much motivate as drive me on. There is a fear element too linked to all of this. What i do have that I ddn't before is all of the experences that people on ths ste share so knowwhat I MIGHT have to expect later on n lfe, but i also know that t mght NOT get much worse than t is, unlikely but possible. Like Ed says, take the days as they come as they might all have a different perspective on the pd. I try, but like everybody else, the mask slips and the 'black dog' visits as Winston Churchill described it. As for emotions, Iam desperately tryng to ensure that those I love don't suffer when i feel like smeg. Trying, but sometimes, just sometimes I have to switch off and sit in an empty part of the cave and do nothibg and be near nobody. Thanks for listening.
The Bear

  Hi  Been awhile since I posted'  actually it has been over a year.  As to lack of motivation,  If I were granted one wish that would allow me to have one thing back that pd stole from me it would be my motivation.  I used to work 12 to 14 hrs. a day,  now it's a good day if I get out of my chair.  Granted that is not totaly do to pd but it is in larg measure to blame.  I get so discouraged becouse I can't do the things I once took for granted.  My shop sets unused with projects setting there unchanged for most of the last year. Oh well I'll shutup before I depress myself and everyone else.  Hope everyone has a good day!

I know this one well! Why bother when the task will not get finished because my energy will run out before it's finished?

But, I seem to have found a way round this that usually works. Instead of expecting to get a task completed, I set myself a time limit to work on it (say an hour) and then at least I feel that I've accomplished something, which is better than nothing. O.K. the task may extend over several days but it does eventually get done. I also feel a bit more in control when I manage to think like this. (Which doesn't always happen - I do still get very black days)

I actually wish I'd tried this approach even before PD because  I do feel a sense of achievement.

Don't know if this will help, but it may be worth a try.

Wishing you some energy,

skatergirl