Question for those of you with anxiety/depression.

[Beauty]

I am trying my best to fight this with the help of my paxil and the occasional Xanax but today I was so sleepy. I slept late yesterday (which is NOT unusual for me) and again today but then around 3 o'clock...time to pick up J.C. I was so sleepy again I could hardly stay awake.

First let me ask this because deep down I think this is whats wrong with me......Okay I'm overweight and lazy.....I am I admit it....when I carry things up the stairs my heart races etc. I think I'm just lazy and if I would get up and force myself to do work I would loose weight and wake up.....is this possible with the depression? I don't think its sleep apnea because when I go to sleep at night I always dream which means I'm in deep sleep. I think I'm just really really out of shape....any advice????

Maybe I need vitamins or Slim Fast....LOL....doesn't Slim Fast give you energy?

 

[Annie&Hallie'sMom]

Might I suggest, you try just taking a little walk when you wake up or sometime during the day? It could help with weight loss (although you really have to give up eating goodies to do that...trust me, I KNOW that's what I need to do...but don't ). Walking outside in the fresh air can give you a little pick me up mentally as well as physically. Take the time to observe all the little things that are going on around you!

I would not recommend diet pills. They'll keep you awake, but not in a good way.

Good luck! And plenty of {{hugs}}

 

[Kermit]

A good multivitamin can't hurt. Do stay away from diet drugs and herbs. They'll make your heart speed up and make your anxiety worse.

Getting more exercise will help, at least a little bit, with your depression/anxiety. Exercising releases hormones that make you feel better. It will also give you more energy for the rest of the day if timed appropriately. It's better to exercise in the afternoons than never at all, but morning will give you more of the results you're looking for.

 

[DocRafiki]

I am always sleepy. I can sleep 23 hours in a row if allowed. I have a hard time sleeping at night and a hard time doing anything BUT sleep during the day. I've been waking up between 3-6 p.m. on my days off. And I never know if it's depression or an effect of my meds... it's like you're damned if you do & damned if you don't.

You've practically Defined depression with your description. You may be lazy at times, but you're not JUST lazy. And aren't you also hypothyroid? How can you possibly blame it on being lazy?

It's hard for me to get motivated to do anything... much less Exercise. But, for me, it HAS been possible at times to get into a good exercise routine (though I'm not in one right now). It's getting past those first few days that is hard. If you had someone to motivate you to make a habit out of exercising and eating right, it will eventually make you feel better and give you more energy, and you will actually WANT to do it. I'm a very habitual person. ("The entropy is strong with this one." ) It's hard to get out of the habit of being lazy and into the habit of being active and healthy. I'm habitual with my eating too. I don't crave fatty foods or have the desire to binge when I'm in the habit of eating well.

It sounds like you could use a support system (not that I have a great one)

Have you visited the weight loss board on here?

 

[abaldacci]

Try Yoga. I don't know what it will do for you, but i loved it when I took it. I would like to take another class someday. It great for starter exercise. Goodluck. Oh yah I use to have anxiety but it's gone. If you have any questions pm me.

 

[Pin Wizard]

Geez...you sound like me. I'm tired all the time. Even if my "internal clock" wakes me up on the weekend, I'm still tired. Just a week or two ago I started taking a multi-vitamin and am starting to feel an improvement to some degree. Although this afternoon around 4ish I just needed that nap! LOL! Same here...I need some encouragement to get moving.

 

[Beauty]

Thanks everyone!!

Jen you said it exactly here,

it's like you're damned if you do & damned if you don't.

I could definatly use a support system!! I know from having this anxiety that I am healthy except for the depression etc. I have had countless EKGs in the past month even and CAT scans and Upper GIs.....Heck I think I've had every test imaginable and besides being overweight (which I knew without a test...LOL) I am healthy...my heart is healthy, my blood pressure is normal but more on the high side but still normal. My cholesterol is a little high but nothing to worry about. According to my Dr. when I loose the weight the cholesterol will be fine. Its only like 10 points high. So I know I'm healthy besides this crap! I tell myself I'm just going to fight it and make myself stay awake and do things but its so hard!!

I love you guys!!

 

[Serena]

I've lost weight this last year and I've done it by moving more. Not a program, not a routine, not a class. Just more. I park farther, I walk faster, just little things here and there and believe me they have added up. Playing music helps, especially music I love to dance too.
I'm not nearly as tired as I was, and I have lost weight. It feels really good.
Also, I don't eat when I'm not hungry, I finish eating before I'm full, and I eat what I want. I don't try to eat 100 carrots to keep from eating that piece of pizza. Because I'd eat the 100 carrots, the breadsticks and cheese, and anything else, and then eat the pizza.

This may not work for anyone else, but it did for me.