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Originally Posted by materialsrme
I started an exercise program to loose weight. I noticed that for about 6 hours afterwords my debilitating depression that hasn't responded to any treatment almost disappeared. So I decided to do vigorous exercise for 45 minutes twice a day. I am very tired during the day but I'm not very depressed and my anxiety is much lower. The hardest part is the depression is begging me not to right before I start to work out.
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Amen to that!!! I've found exercise helps with everything -- sleep issues, anxiety, depression, etc. And it's true -- the worst part is that you're so depressed, anyway, that it's really hard to make yourself get started. But you have to. You just have to.