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Re: Exercise and depression » laima

Posted by Quintal on January 3, 2007, at 0:02:38 [reposted on January 3, 2007, at 20:56:09 | original URL]

In reply to Re: Exercise and depression » Quintal, posted by laima on January 2, 2007, at 21:23:16

>Quintal, I'm amazed. I was never "athletic"- far from it- yet to skip exercise feels as uncomfortable to me as skipping food, sleep, or toothbrushing.

Probably because it's become a habit to you - part of your routine? Maybe it's also psychologically comforting to you? I often skip food, sleep and toothbrushing when I'm hypomanic or depressed.

>I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but have you ruled out any physical problem, like a heart thing or whatnot?

I had an ECG each time I went into hospital and they all came back normal. I did wonder about mitral valve prolapse as I often had chest pain and shortness of breath when exercising as a child. I still get chest pain now. I also read MVP is associated with chronic anxiety and panic as well as low exercise tolerance. There's little I can do to find out if I do have it since my GP will be unwilling to listen to anything I have to say. There's no cure in any case.

> And I saw that the university near my house is testing people's "lactic acid"- something about abnormal lactic acid levels cause a body to fatigue too easily. (Don't know anything about it.)

I'll look into it. Thank you for the info.

>I agree about walking outside, especially in nature- it's the best.

Yes, I don't think I could stand having to visit a gym every time I wanted to exercise. I'm lucky to live in the country I suppose.

Q


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