Posted by ivoovi on February 12, 2002, at 21:00:37
In reply to Re: Exercise and meds. » colin wallace, posted by Bob on February 12, 2002, at 14:50:09
The day following (sometime the days following) exercise I become incredibly depressed, the polar opposite of how I felt before exercising. It usually only lasts 2 days, but the first day I am suicidal, I can barely move, and I don't want to do anything. I have a little theory as to why this occurs: the antidepressents potentiate the release of chemicals in the brain when exercising (your brain cells release more than they should, because of the antidepressents), and since that happens, you come down, like from a drug....I don't know if that makes much sense. I just recently stopped my Wellbutrin and am now only on mood stabilizers, and I just got back from exercising so I'll post tomorrow and tell how I feel (is this phenomena only related to antidepressents or does it happen with mood stabilizers as well?)
Anyway, I did find I could tolerate a small amount of exercise (low intensity), so you might want to give that a try and build up.
Have a good day!
-Chris
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