Posted by SLS on June 13, 2005, at 16:25:03 [reposted on June 14, 2005, at 22:17:35 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Exercise for severe depression, posted by linkadge on June 13, 2005, at 15:48:51
> And, yes in this devistating illness, (with no magic pill in sight), we must learn to settle for an effect, an improvement.
I ain't settlin' for nothin'. YES - THERE ARE MANY MAGIC PILLS if you are fortunate to respond robustly to them and attain remission. It happens. I know. I was once given some magic pills. Unfortunately, my doctor at the time removed them prematurely, and I have not responded to them in the same way since. To be honest, it looks like Trileptal will be a magic pill for me (added to what I was already taking).
Fr*g the science. Give me my magic pills and let me get the hell out of here.
And yes, I do think that there *might* be a problem in gene expression as a result of anomolies in G-protein coupled adenylyl cyclase second messenger systems that control receptor numbers.
Since I can only speak for myself, I will state that exercise has no positive impact on my bipolar depression. I am n=1. That's all I care about.
I have still not seen a single person here suffering from a severe endogenous depression claim that exercise has brough them into full remission. For all of the people who have posted that exercise helps them, why are they still describing themselves as being depressed?
Just a reminder: Exercise is good (usually). If you can, just do it. If you can't, your limitations are real and need not evoke feelings of guilt or inadequacy.
Mental illness is a nightmare.
I have often exercised...
my option not to exercise.
It has been an exercise...
in futility to even try.I refuse to allow anyone to tell me differently. Exercise doesn't work for me. Am I unique? I really don't care if I'm the only one here refractory to exercise. I know myself and I know my illness. I doubt I am unique. However, I probably should not have generalized so much regarding the population here at Psycho-Babble. I never took a poll. Even polls can be skewed. I'll just worry about myself right now. Tomorrow might be a different story.
- Scott
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