Medical Help for Anxiety and more please.?
Hello, for about 4 months now I've been dealing with Major Anxiety and minor depression. I've always had these problems but it was nothing until 4 months ago. Now everyday I have Anxiety attacks over the smallest thing and depress myself because of it. What I've learned is that I also have a form of OCD that cause "Intrusive thoughts" where I'll think about an abnormal or disturbing thing and the thought will just recycle itself in my head constantly and make me just think horrible things that then make me feel bad and make me feel like I'm some sort of lunatic. I constantly worry myself daily thinking the "what if" possibilities that I might go crazy or even hurt someone I love. It's ridiculous and it happens so often it's now just tiring my body and making me feel horrible, it's stressed me out to the point of having major stomach problems and breathing issues. The issue now is whenever I do feel okay is when I'm the most vulnerable to feeling horrible. I'm tired of this feeling, I take anxiety medicine(Hydroxzene) and even stopped taking others that made me feel worse. I need to find some assurance. Something that will make me feel alright. I even go to a therapist now, although I can only see him once every 2 or 3 weeks. Now I've been having breathing problems, I get sick easy, and at night I can't sleep to the point where melatonin doesn't work anymore. I'm making an appointment tomorrow to talk to my doctor. I'm sorry this is so long, please help if you can. -Nathan
Does exercise help to reduce social anxiety?
It can, but not for the reasons most think.Social Anxiety is often about two things. Worrying that you will react the right way to something (and not beat yourself up later or get humiliated) and worrying what other people may think about you.If you set goals and meet them, set guidelines and follow them, see yourself reacting well (by doing the first two) you begin building confidence in yourself and start to realize you really can handle anything because you know how awesome you are. You have evidence. You have been meeting your goals and following your own guidelines. This will often follow with some compassion for yourself. A realization that you really do try your best and work hard at being your ideal self. Sometimes you screw up… but that is how we lean so it's ok.This is sometimes called parenting yourself.Many of us find if we do this our social axiety decreases tremendously as we no longer fear not knowing what to do or say because know who we are, what we believe and we learn to enjoy being wrong. We no longer worry about what others think because we like ourselves and that is all that matters. We may take criticism under review, but we don't immediately give up on ourselves when a few disasters flow by. Life works that way no matter what you do, so get good at it and learn to laugh at it once in a while =)SO!If the Goals you set are workout related. If the guidelines you set around exercise, food, water, sleep are consistently being met or exceeded? If you have always wanted to get healthy and now you are doing it?Then YES! This can certainly help reduce Social Anxieties.But it's the difference between causality and correlation.It's the “taking care of yourself, trusting yourself, building willpower and feeling better” that is helping your social axiety. Not the exercise directly.*relativity applies so your mileage may vary*
Does cardio combat anxiety?
To me it only means, - of the heart.As far as Anxiety, along with other mental issues, I have always recommended exercise.It seems that when I looked up the word Cardio it surprisingly came up with the exercise side of it, not just heart conditions, not only helping the heart but other qualities as well.It is always good to walk, use a gym and any other safe exercises if you have anxiety/depression.I would have to admit it can possibly help if you are able (not disabled) to use this type of exercise.
Does Bodybuilding/Weightlifting help with Anxiety?
I've always been active in weightlifting ever since the beginning of high school. I am now 21 and still work out but mostly do cardio. I suffer from anxiety on and off during the day. I was wondering if weightlifting and bodybuilding can help me get rid of the stress and anxiety. Is it possible for an individual to build muscle if he/she suffers from anxiety and stress? Thanks to everyone who responds.
Can exercise cure anxiety and depression..?
I do NOT think that exercise will cure Anxiety or Depression, in the immediate short term. If we want to think about this though in the Long term thinking, then that's another entire way the medical world looks at it. Many doctors agree that simply walking each day has an affect of lessening the anxiety issues, In that respect also, it can assist to keep the mind from Depressional thoughts. Anxiety reacts to Exercise though more so than depression. BY that, I mean it is easier for an Anxiety sufferer to undertake exercise more so than a depressional sufferer. WHY? Anxiety is NOT constantly at your side as Depression is. Anxiety may well be a companion that has A TENDENCY to be around quite often, but it also sometimes goes back into "its corner" even for a short period. Depression however. is a REAL illness. Anxiety is NOT a medical illness,,its Physical symptoms and is NOT a Mental Illness, whereas Depression is.
Why do I get anxiety and depressed mood two days after a workout?
It could be that you are overdoing it -- exhaustion (lack of sleep, intense exercise) can be extremely draining and it will be hard to feel good in that mode. That may not be the case, but either way, rest, relax, eat healthily, and give it another shot. Stay away from excessive caffiene or pre-workout energy drinks/supplements (from personal experience, some of them cause a pretty big crash). Try to get back to feeling good, but if your problem continues or worsens, you could go to a doctor and get your thyroid levels checked (and/or levels of other hormones, maybe even your iron levels) because a deficiency would perpetuate that feeling of exhaustion. If none of this works, my only other suggestion would be to consider seeing a psychologist/psychiatrist.Best of luck!
Does exercise help mental health?
A few thoughts...Exercising too close to bed-time will disrupt your natural sleep, and sleep is an even more important factor in good mental health than exercise. Try a different time of day - when you get up, say, or at lunchtime. I'd aim to put at least 4 hours between finishing your workout and bedtime. (Also, watch the caffeine during the day, and don't have any as a workout supplement)It's cardio exercise that delivers most mental health benefits; you don't say what the makeup of your routine is, but try spending less time on the weights, and more time on the treadmill.Exercising when you're stressed can raise your aggression levels. Contrary to popular belief, the best way to get rid of anger or aggression isn't to punch something or 'vent' it in some other way - by pushing yourself in the gym, say. It's much better to use some stress reduction techniques like meditation or yoga - even if it's just for 5 or 10 mins before you work out - so that your workout can just be about you and your body. Keep your workouts to under an hour. If you can't get everything done you want in that time, consider doing a split routine. Cortisol, the stress hormone, rises during a workout, in order to enable the muscle fibres to breakdown ready to be re-built bigger and stronger. But if you work out for too long they will rise too high (especially if you were stressed *before* you started your workout) and start to make you feel worse rather than better.Try focusing on just the exercise, rather than listening to music. See if you can spend the time just noticing how your muscles feel as they are working, or on performing the exercise with perfect form. Each time your mind starts to wander onto something else, gently bring it back to the exercise. Research has shown that mind-wandering makes you less happy, even if you're thinking about something happy, than if you just focused on what you were doing.Meditation is also really great for mental health. If you can find a way to add meditation to your daily routine as well as the exercise, do it. You won't regret it!
Does stress/anxiety prevent good exercise performance?
This is my personal view but I think stress and anxiety are killers. I am former military and a former collegiate wrestler. Now that I am retired I am much stronger NOW than I was in college. Why? I think it is because I live a totally stress free life. Work for me was very stressful and stress zaps your energy, as does anxiety. Now I have recaptured that wasted energy I have converted that to strength. Let me give you an example. I now routinely do 100 push ups, 100 pull-ups, 70 shoulder dips, 70 inverted rows, cardio and core exercise. I could not do that when I was working . We all have to work and hopefully some exercise will help with stress and anxiety and so exercise is very important to health but the greatest thing ever for me has been retirement. I do know of one GREAT stress buster and that is salsa dancing. I dance usually four nights a week and it is simply impossible to be unhappy and stressed out when you're around great music great people and great dancing. My doctor told me recently I was in the top 1% of her clients in overall health and she said her healthiest clients are all dancers.