Posted by Caedmon on April 7, 2006, at 11:08:10
In reply to Re: Drugs versus Psychotherapy - Backlash?, posted by SLS on April 7, 2006, at 7:42:21
> I think you will find that when psychomotor retardation is used as a gauge of the severity of depressive illness, drugs work much better than psychotherapy.
Yes.
And this is where exercise takes a backseat to pharmacology. When you're REALLY REALLY depressed, you literally do not even have the energy to exercise.
I've had moments during my darkest depressions in which I would be exhausted just walking about 20 yards/meters or so, and have to sit and catch my breath.
Mind you, I normally include powerlifting as one of my hobbies. (During my phases of not being depressed. Ah, the joys of atypical depression and BP-II!) I am not very out of shape. When I am feeling like absolute, total horsesh*t, the prospect of using exercise to come around is a joke.
- C
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