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Posted by MM on November 3, 2005, at 1:36:24
I know there's some related chemical with chocolate and exercise (PEA?) and endorphins....but here's what happened. I ran for 40 minutes, felt a little tension release for like 10 minutes after (and during) but then the rest of the night I was more agitated and anxious and maybe even depressed than normal, and the minute I got off the treadmill I strongly craved a giant brownie. My main goal is to figure out what chemicals are screwy in my brain, but my screwed up brain makes it so so so hard for me to understand how the brain chemicals work and what an agonist does vs. an antagonist and what I need to target, etc. I'm thinking I might have Treatment Resistant Depression instead of Bipolar Disorder, but my anxiety component is really high (which might be TRD I guess). I'm also really curious about cortisol and how that being screwed up could affect me, but that's also a complicated issue and I'm not sure what I should do to fix that either (other than seeing an endo, which I want to do, but I'm also a little bit doctor phobic now because meds have been so hard on me, but anyway). I wish I could hire some of you to be my psychiatrist a lot of the time but...well ok, any thoughts on what is going on here? I could list all the meds and supps I've taken and how they made me feel and my symptoms or anything if someone might be willing to maybe try to figure out what chemical or substance or whatever is out of whack but that might be a lot to ask. I feel a little guilty asking all the time but I do try to do my own research and I just get TOTALLY lost and I'm not sure blindly trying this and that is all that great because I don't learn much from it. Sorry for babbling but ya, any thoughts? Thanks.
Posted by JLx on November 3, 2005, at 7:44:42
In reply to Exercise=anxiety/agitation + craving 4 chocolate??, posted by MM on November 3, 2005, at 1:36:24
Exercise depletes magnesium. Chocolate craving is an indicator of magnesium deficiency. I know that my "chocoholicism" nearly ceased when I started taking magnesium.
I wonder about other minerals too, perhaps exercise disrupts the ratios. Are you well, but not over-hydrated before you start?
Exercise also raises blood sugar. If I take a walk after I've just eaten something with a high glycemic index, like watermelon, I feel like crap when I'm done.
Just some thoughts.
JL
> I know there's some related chemical with chocolate and exercise (PEA?) and endorphins....but here's what happened. I ran for 40 minutes, felt a little tension release for like 10 minutes after (and during) but then the rest of the night I was more agitated and anxious and maybe even depressed than normal, and the minute I got off the treadmill I strongly craved a giant brownie. My main goal is to figure out what chemicals are screwy in my brain, but my screwed up brain makes it so so so hard for me to understand how the brain chemicals work and what an agonist does vs. an antagonist and what I need to target, etc. I'm thinking I might have Treatment Resistant Depression instead of Bipolar Disorder, but my anxiety component is really high (which might be TRD I guess). I'm also really curious about cortisol and how that being screwed up could affect me, but that's also a complicated issue and I'm not sure what I should do to fix that either (other than seeing an endo, which I want to do, but I'm also a little bit doctor phobic now because meds have been so hard on me, but anyway). I wish I could hire some of you to be my psychiatrist a lot of the time but...well ok, any thoughts on what is going on here? I could list all the meds and supps I've taken and how they made me feel and my symptoms or anything if someone might be willing to maybe try to figure out what chemical or substance or whatever is out of whack but that might be a lot to ask. I feel a little guilty asking all the time but I do try to do my own research and I just get TOTALLY lost and I'm not sure blindly trying this and that is all that great because I don't learn much from it. Sorry for babbling but ya, any thoughts? Thanks.
Posted by linkadge on November 3, 2005, at 13:31:23
In reply to Re: Exercise=anxiety/agitation + craving 4 chocolate?? » MM, posted by JLx on November 3, 2005, at 7:44:42
I agree with JLx. Try any get some sort of nutritional status done.
Exercise is difficult, and if you're depressed it can initially unleash a whole torrent of emotions.
I encourange you to continue, use the irritability to attack a task that has been bothering you.
Linkadge
Posted by MM on November 3, 2005, at 13:54:15
In reply to Re: Exercise=anxiety/agitation + craving 4 chocolate?? » MM, posted by JLx on November 3, 2005, at 7:44:42
That's interesting because I recently started supplementing magnesium, but I was only taking 200mg...so I'm going to try 400mg and see what happens. I usually start drinking water when I start running/walking so I'll try and drink some before too. And as for the blood sugar, I do wonder if I'm hypoglycemic even though I was tested, so I try to eat every 3 hours or so. Thanks JL.
Posted by MM on November 3, 2005, at 13:57:08
In reply to Re: Exercise=anxiety/agitation + craving 4 chocolate??, posted by linkadge on November 3, 2005, at 13:31:23
I will hopefully be seeing a naturopath/homeopath person soon, so hopefully I'll get a nutritional analysis done.
I am gonna try to keep exercising and see if it gets better.
Thanks Linkadge.
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