Woohoo you are maaaaaaaaaaanic. Sounds like you are having a ball though. What's this business about trickster fairies? PS: Hiking at night is prob not a good idea....especially alone =)

I used to exercise religiously. Now I'm too busy trying to function and survive. I do remember, even before my diagnosis, that it gives you a natural high, purges your system. Although I think right now, you're feeling a little up or manic? I remember going to the gym in the middle of the night years ago, so I can relate...

The trickster faeries are the faeries that hang out in my back yard and make noises or move things and other various playful but sometimes nerve racking things to get my attention. I love em, but some days they make me nervous. Right now is one of those times, but oh well. Yeah a hike is prob not a good idea, but I do want to go. Oh well, camping is on its way, so I guess I'll have to wait a couple more weeks till school ends.

I might be manic right now lol, not sure but today was a really good day so that's all that matters :)

i exercise evryday and i have to really push myself somedays to do it but i really feel that it helps plus i have i have lost 10 pounds so far and love the look of my new body and im building muscle and my old self is reappearing again it totally helps my self esteem which improves my mood

Take a treat out to the faeries...they enjoy this and won't play tricks on you. They like to play too.

I know this may seem weird but excercise stresses me out. I get totally overwhelmed with having to do it everyday and I feel like a failure if I don't do it everyday so I just don't do it. Hopefully, when this depression lifts I will feel like excercising again. I used to love it.

ekersize(thats for Sparkle) exersize? Thats when you walk down to the mailbox and back right?

Exercise is very helpful for depression; but if I'm manic, I try not to exercise as much, because I know I'll likely lose weight anyway, and exercise only fuels the mania; it doesn't seem to lessen it.
When u r manic, u can never run out of energy!

Stay In. Please. K.K.

In my world, exercise is the cure for all that ails me (but i've been an athlete from age 6-19 and lived a lifetime of fitness so how i feel about this may not apply to everyone).

i walk 3 miles (at 12 minute miles. yes, i'm blazing but the knees are shot so i dont run anymore) around a lake each morning. i then come home and do some situps and pushups. the beauty of nature makes a huge difference over being on a treadmill.

exercises reduces my stress, makes me sleep better at night, puts me in a better mood, gives me a sense of accomplishment, and gets me out of the house when getting out of bed may as well be climbing everest for all i care LOL.

if i'm suicidal i just do more of it so i can distract myself. (this winter it was 28 degrees and there i was running 6 miles in the cold because if not i'd be home trying to cut or whatever. it's hard to keep going when your mind keeps telling you to die but sometimes it goes away as you zone in on just moving instead of living)

if i'm manic it takes the edge off.

if i'm depressed, i may return straight to bed but i feel as if i've done something and it's pretty hard to stay down when you get your ass out of bed each day and do something good for yourself.

last of all, i feel fit, it makes my butt look really cute in a swimsuit and i fit into my size 8 without too much trouble. now if that ain't enough reason alone i don't know what is:-) cuz when i'm on olanzapine and i'm blowing up like a cow, it's really hard for me to feel anything but depressed about being BP. but no matter how depressed i am, slipping on my tight jeans and having them fit makes me smile. call me superficial but it does.

and since a lot of how we get to the top or the bottom is all about our thought processes, i figure anything that makes me think i'm hot is good. so exercise is fantastic!!!