Exercise works for depression. So why isn't it treated like real medicine?
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Re: Exercise works for depression. So why isn't it treated like real medicine?
#2You will find your answer in DJ Shadow's "Why Hip Hop Sucks In '96":
Re: Exercise works for depression. So why isn't it treated like real medicine?
#3I remember reading that Dancing blows aware meds and exercise. So why isn't that treated like real medicine?
Re: Exercise works for depression. So why isn't it treated like real medicine?
#4Because exercise is free and 'real medicine' for depression is a $25b industry
Re: Exercise works for depression. So why isn't it treated like real medicine?
#5You will find your answer in DJ Shadow's "Why Hip Hop Sucks In '96": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKf40CLF9MU
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Re: Exercise works for depression. So why isn't it treated like real medicine?
#6Because exercise is free and 'real medicine' for depression is a $25b industry
The idea that doctors are not talking about exercise as if it's some big conspiracy to make more money from the top is ridiculous. Any doctor will say that exercise is the best thing you can do for yourself but most people also know that it's super inconvenient and most people don't follow that advice.
If anything, the people making it out to be some big conspiracy against mainstream medicine are doing it more for the money because they're often peddling some alternative medicine or supplements.
Re: Exercise works for depression. So why isn't it treated like real medicine?
#7Because exercise is free and 'real medicine' for depression is a $25b industry
The idea that doctors are not talking about exercise as if it's some big conspiracy to make more money from the top is ridiculous. Any doctor will say that exercise is the best thing you can do for yourself but most people also know that it's super inconvenient and most people don't follow that advice. If anything, the people making it out to be some big conspiracy against mainstream medicine are doing it more for th…
Also it’s really hard to start exercising if you’re already depressed.
Re: Exercise works for depression. So why isn't it treated like real medicine?
#8I remember reading that Dancing blows aware meds and exercise. So why isn't that treated like real medicine?
For some of us, attempting to dance causes greater amounts of depression in those nearby than it cures in us.
Re: Exercise works for depression. So why isn't it treated like real medicine?
#9It should be encouraged but even accounting for side-effects, taking a pill is easy. From personal experience, when I'm heavily depressed, I can barely get out of bed or eat. Forget exercise.
Re: Exercise works for depression. So why isn't it treated like real medicine?
#10I have depression, clinically treated with SSRIs. My exercise regimen now is 8-10 hours a week of swimming, cycling, and running. I find that the exercise helps lift my mood a lot, but also if I lose my ability to exercise it is far less catastropic to my mental health than if I stop taking the SSRIs.
My exercise volume varies throughout the year because of physical health concerns (sickness, injury, combination of the two), and I notice it and will become mopey, but it's far from the crippling anxiety and depression that sets in if I miss my SSRIs for a few days.
But this is just anecdata, treat accordingly.