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Originally Posted by x123
I don't take antidepressants, because whenever I have tried they seem to make me feel worse.
Here is what I do instead. I'm curious if others use these methods. I'm 47 and I've been depressed most of my life. These things help me function.
(1) I try to ride my exercise bike for about 90 minutes every day as vigorously as I can without injuring my knees.
(2) I try to have mild sex once a week even though I usually don't feel very interested. I'm not in a relationship, but I suspect there are chemicals from sexual arousal that help with depression.
(3) Just recently I've found that fasting helps. I wait until evening to eat or consume any calories, and the low blood sugar seems to help me relax and feel more self disciplined.
Right now I feel depressed, because my work-out apparently wasn't intense enough yesterday. Sometimes I feel like I'm addicted to exercise, but I feel so awful without exercise and nothing else helps. Even when I exercise, I often feel like crying afterwards even though I never cry. It seems like the depression is still there. I feel good from exercising, but I feel bad deep down.
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I don't take an anti-depressant myself. I did one time when my Primary Care Doctor diagnosed me as having depression. I couldn't believe it when my doctor told me that, but I knew that I had depression of some kind. The anti depressants did not work well for me. One time I had some strong feelings to kill myself when I took them. I got off of it quickly.
I am very much into exercising and feel addicted to it myself. I workout with a weights (barbell and dumbbell) three days a week and on the other days, I go bike riding outdoors. I just love it all. And it makes me feel better doing it and afterwards. I workout at home. I don't like the gym that much.
As far as the fasting goes, well I have to admire anyone who can food fast. I just feel like I don't have the discipline to do that. Like
NowhereUSA said.
Interesting about what you said about sex. I don't have a relationship either. But I do MB from time to time. I'd rather have a real relationship but that seems unfeasible for me. I can't seem to make a go of it. There are times when I feel too tired to MB.