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Old Sep 01, 2009, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by materialsrme View Post
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.
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.
Thanks for this!
depressedalaskan, lynn P., Naturefreak