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Mental Health (Expert Forum)
symtpoms that get better with exercise
Answered by
Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD), bipolar disorder, dementia, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic, personality disorders, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia, stress, transitions, and work problems.
symtpoms that get better with exercise
by mr_symptoms, Apr 18, 2008 01:07PM
I have had physical symptoms (heavy chest, palpitations) and autonomic like symptoms (light headedness, breathlessness, dizziness, derealization). I have had a stress test and echocardiogram, my doctor thinks its anxiety. I do feel very anxious all the time but it is only about my physical syptoms (which are very real). When I do intense exercise, my autonomic symptoms like rerealization dramatically improve but only for an hour or so. My physical symptoms dont improve no matter what. Does this sound like typical anxiety? Is there any pill which can supplement the endorphine release provided by exercise? Does the fact that exercise endorphines makes me feel better suggest anxiety, or is it just a soothing thing for my physical symptoms? Again my doctor can't find a real physical problem. I am 30 yrs old, male, and honestly I am under no stress except for my sympotoms, Im engaged and happy, and my family has enough money...I live comfortably and my mood is very stable, i'm just sick and depressed, but not depressive per se
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Apr 18, 2008 05:50PM
, Apr 18, 2008 05:50PM
To: mr..symptoms
Yes,it does sound very much like anxiety..you are right to have gotten a check up to make sure it wasn't something else, but being engaged is the beginning of a major life transition, and can cause anxiety attacks like this, so why don't you spend a few sessions with a therapist and talk this through, its the best thing you can do, much better than pills.
