Posted by Cybele on March 16, 2004, at 15:35:26
In reply to Medications and Exercise, posted by Bekka H. on April 20, 2002, at 17:49:24
Here's an article about the study cited in the original post:
http://www.reactivereports.com/21/21_1.html
So far, aerobic exercise (e.g., elliptical 12-14 calories/minute for 45-50 minutes; walk/run for 40 minutes; or spinning class) is the only thing that has ever worked for me. I am taking an AD (WB), but it doesn't seem to be doing anything as the only days I feel good are the days I exercise.
From the linked article:
The team found that phenylacetic acid increased by 77% after exercise, although how much it rose after exercise varied considerably among the volunteers (from between 14 and 572% than on the day before in 18 of the 20 men). Three of the volunteers rated the exercise as hard, and the highest rises in phenylacetic acid were seen in two of them.
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I am positive I am one of those ~600% responders. I'd love to submit myself as a subject for studies on this. I've done a mood diary and the difference before exercise and after is night and day. In fact, once I start sweating I can feel my brain starting to work right again. On days off exercise I start on a decline. I had to take a week off recently when I was sick, and I slid right back down, day by day. If I exercise 4x a week steadily for months, then I no longer have the decline on days off.
Bioevolutionarily speaking, I think I'm just meant to be a hunter-gatherer, not a computer nerd.
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