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Originally Posted by ChangingMyMind
0. I have been to over 5 specialists to look for a medical problem.. everything comes back normal. Actually they tell me my blood work and everything is among the best they've seen.
1. I can not do aerobic exercise due to my fatigue, pain, and body weakness. I get very tired and lightheaded even after a trip to the grocery store.
2. Yes, I meditate almost every day. I am trying to increase it to every day but I miss sometimes due to being too tired. Although most of the time I do it.
3. I have not purchased a special light or anything but I do try to keep my windows open so the sun can shine in and I walk my dog 2-3 times a day so I am in the sun every day. (It's still sunny where I am, I live in North Carolina so we get a fair amount of sunny days).
4. Have not tried Brain Training... I read about it but it seems to be extremely expensive with no evidence of it's benefits.
SNAP CLUB helped a little bit... in just reminding me that I have control over some things in my life, but it doesn't take away the pain/fatigue.
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I had similar experiences with therapists.
I'm confused by your answers here, though. If you walk your dog 2-3 times a day (say for 30 minutes total or more), that counts as aerobic exercise in my book. I think that brisk walking is quite well known to be beneficial. However, this seems to contradict your answer to 1. If you really get tired and (especially) lightheaded doing a short walk that sounds pretty alarming to me and very much like an underlying medical problem rather than a symptom of depression.
Your daily meditation sounds great. Do you find that it helps?