I've made a complete 180 recently. I started seeing a nutritionist and started exercising more. (I have a bad combo: underweight + high cholesterol, which means I can't lose weight to reduce cholesterol.)

I feel really good since I've started eating better and exercising more. It's only been a month, but I go to the gym 3-4 times a week, half an hour at a time. It may not seem like a lot, but you only need a little bit of exercise to make you feel better.

I hope you find exercise as refreshing as I do. I go to a gym which offers a million different classes... yoga, weight training, boxing, MMA, spinning, TRX, etc.. I can't even count how many different classes they have... but I'm more motivated to work out when I have a class that I go to. Working out on your own is a little boring (in my opinion), so I would recommend joining a class if you haven't already.

And yes, nutrition is a big part of it as well. You really are what you eat. If you eat like crap, you feel like crap. This is coming from someone who often ate candy for breakfast.

I would recommend a nutritionist for anyone who's never tried it before. It's amazing how many bad foods are disguised as healthy foods (e.g., certain salads, certain sandwiches, certain wraps, etc.). I remember hearing that it's healthier to eat a Big Mac from McDonald's than to eat one of McDonald's salads... because the salad dressing has more fat in it than the entire Big Mac!

Anyway, i'm currently on 4 meds... Latuda, Lexapro, Lamictal, and Ativan (which is PRN). I hope to get rid of Latuda at some point, although it's been doing a good job of preventing hypo/mania. I just don't like that nasty little side effect... you know, that it kills brain cells and causes your brain to shrink over time.