Posted by bob on December 26, 2001, at 15:50:21
I have often seen articles and such that suggest that exercise helps with depression. Therapists and doctors have also suggested it to me on occasion. Before I suffered from any mood disorders, I loved to be active. I am now rarely active on medecines. My questions pertaining to this are as follows:
1 - Does anybody who takes antidepressants (especially drug cocktails, or the stronger meds like tricyclics and MAOIs) find it very difficult to participate in vigorous physical activity?
2 - Does anybody feel that excercise seems to have a delayed negative effect sometimes, where one actually feels worse a day or two after performing it? On the rare occasion when I get up adequate energy to exercise, I seem to experience a rebound from that where I feel expecially bad in the following days. This usually guarantees that I cannot continue exercising.
3 - Am I not finding the proper drug cocktail to allow me to be physically active, or is asking someone strung out on antidepressants who has a serious mood to exercise regularly somewhat unrealistic? I have found that the only times I can actually be physically active is on lower doses of medecine -- but it never lasts long, as my disorder takes over.
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