Depression and overwhelming boredom

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My doctor recently put me on Wellbutrin at my own asking and it took away that crippling emptiness I've been feeling. I'm laughing more, I'm less irritable, and sleep is just so restful for me now. However, I can't seem to find anything engaging. I get excited about an idea, but when I actually do it, it bores me to death. I've tried working on my programming, playing video games, and playing music. For my birthday, my parents got me what is, in my opinion, the holy grail of guitar amps that I've been pining over for years (Mesa Boogie Mark V for you gear heads) and my girlfriend bought me an Xbox One. I've barely had the will to touch it either of them.

Should I ask my doctor to put me on additional meds? I feel like I'm on the right track with my current profile (Lithium and Haldol for balancing my mood and OCD/intrusive thoughts, and Wellbutrin for depression), but I'm not quite there yet. I'm afraid to ask my doctor to put me on any other meds because, he had been fighting me about the Wellbutrin for months and was pleasantly disappointed (is that a thing?) that it worked and he was wrong.

You have a girlfreind? ...and your depressed?


Were you hoping for more girlfriends? Maybe a nest?

you're on 3 drugs already. That's a lot. Maybe it's the drugs that are making you like this.

Have you tried cognitive therapy for OCD?

I'm also depressed and completely bored though I don't have gf last six years.
Meds didn't helped. Well, nothing helps even a bit. I have no reason for life, no real goals (I try to set and achieve them but it's useless), no desire to survive and mostly think of suicide.

Depression has little to do with whether you are in a relationship or not. It's entirely possible to have a "great life" and still end up suffering from depression. Just as it's possible to have very little but not suffer from depression. Anyone who thinks that the simple fact of having a girlfriend should have "cured" OP's depression by default, please go and learn up on what depression actually is...

Anyway, depression is different for different people but I can very much relate. Things lose their meaning and point, there's a lack of motivation to do things, even "fun" things, that you get very little out of. Even especially those things, because it's possible to more logically comprehend the reasons and need to try to get things like work done despite the lack of motivation while enjoyable things all but totally lose their meaning if they are no longer enjoyable. It's like there's no substance to them, no way to properly engage. Like only playing pretend at doing things where the vital connections are missing.

OP, I hope you are doing better and have managed or do manage to figure out some solutions.

My sympathies to OP, I know how much this sucks. I struggle with the same issue myself.
What I find helpful is a daily meditation practice if you have the patience and calm enough mind for it. Finding somthing worth while doing that is meaningfull to you personally, some project or life long ambition to strive towards. Just be sure to start off slowly and don't over work your self. Ofcourse, finding that what ever can be challanging in a state like this. Having a todo list with no more than three items per day also helps me a lot. Its also important to take time for yourself and enjoy things or go out with friends.