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Exercise for depression

crosstitcher0563
crosstitcher0563 Posts: 110
edited September 2024 in Motivation and Support
HI All of you :flowerforyou:

I was watching PBS one night and Dr Amen was on. He was saying that in his book, they reported that someone did a head to head study on exercise against a popular antidepressant. EXERCISE WON! Not only did the people who exercise feel better on a day to day basis than the people who took the antidepressant, but they felt even better when they had the results of losing weight!

This is why I exercise. It helps lift my spirits every day AND I have the side benefit of losing some weight as well as being healthier.:drinker:

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  • crosstitcher0563
    crosstitcher0563 Posts: 110
    HI All of you :flowerforyou:

    I was watching PBS one night and Dr Amen was on. He was saying that in his book, they reported that someone did a head to head study on exercise against a popular antidepressant. EXERCISE WON! Not only did the people who exercise feel better on a day to day basis than the people who took the antidepressant, but they felt even better when they had the results of losing weight!

    This is why I exercise. It helps lift my spirits every day AND I have the side benefit of losing some weight as well as being healthier.:drinker:
  • porka29
    porka29 Posts: 868 Member
    That is also what my doctor told me!
  • sunflower8926
    sunflower8926 Posts: 485 Member
    Yes, I believe this is true. Thanks for the reminder!:smile:
  • TRLTAMPA
    TRLTAMPA Posts: 824
    I have noticed that my spirits are way up since exercising. About 2 years ago when my back started giving me a lot of trouble, and I had some other neurological things going on....my dr sent me to a Neuro, who told me basically it was all in my head and I needed antidepressants. I said no it's not and no I don't. So she reported back to my dr that I was seeking drugs (the hard stuff I guess) and that she wouldn't see me anymore. My dr knew that was crap cuz I didn't even want the drugs he was pushing on me.
    So about a year and a half, and 50 pounds later, I had gone through steroid injections and the whole 9 yards. He finally did a lower lumbar MRI and found 2 herniated discs and spinal lesions. I made an appt with the original Neuro and threw the MRI in her face! I couldn't help myself!

    Sorry about the long story, but it just really eats me up to think about it and to see them shoving pills down people's throats all the time.
  • FoxyLoxy
    FoxyLoxy Posts: 80 Member
    Yes, I work in a psychiatric hospital and exercise is one of the tools that we use and recommend for depressed patients.
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