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Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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Exercise DOES help anxiety

remingtonsmom
remingtonsmom
I am a 57 yr old female who has had deppression with anxiety/panic attacks for 25 yrs. I have been on pretty much every medicine they make for it over the years and i have finally found something that really helps-EXERCISE! I am a pretty much seditive person and when my pyschiatrist told me to exercise for 60 minutes a day 4 yrs ago I ignored him for the first 2 yrs he treated me. But the last 2 yrs I have been doing exercise DVD's and this past yr I was able to cut my medicine down to 1/3 the amount I had been taking which is something I've never been able to do in 25 yrs(usually I'm increasing it every 6 months). I can be feeling antsy and anxious and after I work up a great sweat I feel like I can take on the world!
deleted_user
deleted_user
Did you start out slow or jump right into it?
Pollybizz
Pollybizz
I so agree. Look up adventure guide and friend her. Her journal has some wonderful ideas and exercise is one of them. When I slack on the exercise (I have fibro, i feel the anxiety looming in the back ground). Most days I do some exercise and really am finding it works. good luck!
Pollybizz
Pollybizz
Greentoad, I have fibro so I started slowly and admit I added toomuch and have backed off a bit. But anything daily will help most of us. Walking is free, so worth a shot! I also do Zumba (for the oldies) and a box n tone class and we call it an hour of not having gloomy doomies
DogCrazy
DogCrazy
I exercise too, i do the fun dance classses, i feel the benafit from the exersice and just being around others at gym, even if we dont talk.
Its really good for helping with the anxiety.
GypsyBeth
GypsyBeth
Exercise is a really good outlet. I always enjoy it once I am going. But does anyone else struggle to get started? I become anxious about having a heart attack (my big anxiety thing) and shy away.
cloverset14
cloverset14
I need to get started, too. Not only for mood maintenance, but because I had hip replacement surgery back in October. I also am seeing and feeling the holiday over-indulgence pounds creeping on.

I like the "Walk Away the Pounds" DVD series by Leslie Sansone. I used to be able to kick out the 5-mile walk with 10 lb. weights... I'll be back to the 1-mile with three lb. weights, but it's a start.