My husband is driving me crazy at the moment.
He is so lazy with his business, he is lazy around the house, he is lazy with the family. I think he has always been this way, I have just noticed it more recently because he is working from home & I am part of the time as well.
*assumption*
He has atypical depression.
Most people think of depression as meaning a person becomes inappropriately sad over little things, or they become sad for no reason, and they stay sad for a very long time. This sadness can be so severe that it's disabling; the person can lose their friends (not returning calls), their job (not showing up for work), and go bankrupt (not paying bills on time) as a result of this depression. The person might even become suicidal. That's only one kind of depression: major depression.
Atypical depression is when a person is unmotivated and lazy, accompanied by signs of constant tiredness:
1) Overeating
2) Oversleeping
3) Fatigue
4) Extreme sensitivity to rejection
5) Moods that worsen or improve in direct response to events (meaning they can still enjoy nice things)
Many things can cause depression. Vitamin deficiencies, mineral deficiencies, unbalanced diets, poor sleep quality, being under constant stress, certain types of mold and air pollution, and it can even be caused by allergies that a person is unaware of.
It could be a learned behavior because his parents were retarded, or it could be a genetic thing inherited from his parents. If you don't feel like wasting 5 years trying to kick his ass to motivate him, get him on drugs and he will change in the blink of an eye. The main neurotransmitters for motivation are dopamine and noradrenaline.
Prescription dopamine and noradrenaline boosting drugs:
-Bupropion (for depression)
-Mirtazapine (for depression, indirectly boosts dopamine)
-Phenelzine (for depression)
-Tranylcypromine (for depression)
-Methylphenidate (for ADD)
-Amphetamine (for ADD)
-Methamphetamine (for narcolepsy)
-L-DOPA (for Parkinson's Disease)
-Atomoxetine (for ADD)
If he can convince a doctor he has narcolepsy, he'll be set for life. People on meth can work for 12 hours straight without breaking a sweat. They also get a little bit crazy and manic, but that can be balanced out with an SSRI when the time comes.