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Posted by colin wallace on February 12, 2002, at 14:34:03
I have an odd reaction to exercise whilst taking medication (ALL meds, from Amitrip. to Zispin).
After exercise,instead of feeling exhileration from a much needed surge of endorphins, I become a slurring, edgy, irritable wreck for a few hours, before the evil alchemist in my head decides to restore order with the right mix of brain chemicals.Feel fine whilst doing it, it's afterwards the problems start.
Maybe I have an endorphin/antidepressant interaction?!
Posted by Bob on February 12, 2002, at 14:50:09
In reply to Exercise and meds., posted by colin wallace on February 12, 2002, at 14:34:03
I have always had problems with exercise while taking meds. They usually sap all my energy and exercise is the last thing on my mind. Sometimes I will manage to feel like doing some exercise, and invariably I will get a physical rebound effect in which I feel much worse than ever (ususally about 12 to 24 hours later). Of course, I never feel good enough for long enough to continue a regular exercise program.
Posted by ivoovi on February 12, 2002, at 21:00:37
In reply to Re: Exercise and meds. » colin wallace, posted by Bob on February 12, 2002, at 14:50:09
The day following (sometime the days following) exercise I become incredibly depressed, the polar opposite of how I felt before exercising. It usually only lasts 2 days, but the first day I am suicidal, I can barely move, and I don't want to do anything. I have a little theory as to why this occurs: the antidepressents potentiate the release of chemicals in the brain when exercising (your brain cells release more than they should, because of the antidepressents), and since that happens, you come down, like from a drug....I don't know if that makes much sense. I just recently stopped my Wellbutrin and am now only on mood stabilizers, and I just got back from exercising so I'll post tomorrow and tell how I feel (is this phenomena only related to antidepressents or does it happen with mood stabilizers as well?)
Anyway, I did find I could tolerate a small amount of exercise (low intensity), so you might want to give that a try and build up.
Have a good day!
-Chris
Posted by Reneeb on February 12, 2002, at 21:40:02
In reply to Exercise and meds., posted by colin wallace on February 12, 2002, at 14:34:03
Hi Colin, I know exactly what you mean. I train very hard for triathlons and duathlons. Since I have been on effexor and wellbutrin anytime my heart rate goes up I get dizzy/lighthead and find it very difficult to achieve my goals for the day.
I have recently started to wean myself off of effexor and have found I have more energy. I am also experimenting with the times I take my meds. I work out in the morning - so I have started to take them after I am done or only take half the dose before and the other half after. It has seemed to help me.
Renee
Posted by colin wallace on February 13, 2002, at 5:27:15
In reply to Re: Exercise and meds., posted by ivoovi on February 12, 2002, at 21:00:37
Yup,
I was thinking along the same lines exactly- antidepressants perhaps affect the amount of brain chemicals released during exercise- I remember reading somewhere that AD'S are stored (or present in) bodyfat, and that during lenghy aerobic exercise, more if it is drawn into the bloodstream (hence the brain) as the fat is metabolised.That may be nonsense however, but something definitely happens post exercise to muck up the chem. balance.
With effexor, I was also weakened- infact, I'd get very overheated and literally foam at the mouth on longer bike rides or runs! it did ease off with time though.Worst of all was zispin/remeron- would cycle in zig-zags and be incoherant for hours afterwards.Started to use bike-rollers indoors when I crashed down into a roadside stream....
Posted by Eloy on February 13, 2002, at 7:47:39
In reply to Exercise and meds., posted by colin wallace on February 12, 2002, at 14:34:03
i think this might be because of the accumulated medicine stored in your body is being released (sweated out through your increased metabolism- heart rate) during exercise. Your physical work-out is putting an increased demand on your body and drawing upon the resources you have contained- the electrical inpulses fire more quickly, the heart pulsates more quickly, the body heats up, the muscles contact, fat is burned, toxins and chemicals are burned off, etc. So after your exercise your body probably feels like you took an overdose of your medicine that you're on, because any medicine you take orally will typically take at least 15 minutes before it is metabolized or before your body feels the effects of it, hence the medicated feeling you feel after working-out.
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