Posted by Hombre on December 16, 2010, at 6:04:35
In reply to Re: Looking for some med advice » Hombre, posted by Conundrum on December 16, 2010, at 2:36:05
It sounds like you have some good ideas, and I don't see why you are not allowed to follow through on some of them with the supervision of your doctor. If anything, trying new things gives some hope, even if they don't work. You can still learn from the experience. Even a short term period of near-remission means that it is possible, it's just the puzzle is not quite put together yet.
Exercise is the #1 X-factor in terms of depression, in my own experience. You can be doing everything right, even taking the right meds, but without a minimum of movement and breathing a little hard, the other stuff just doesn't work. Depression can be considered a state of stagnation. Expending energy forces the body to get better at creating energy, expelling waste, just functioning a little more efficiently. Not to mention the fact that exercise can reverse the atrophy to the hippocampus that results from chronic stress and depression. OK, I'll stop. Sorry!
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