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why does exercise make me ill?

rubyblue
rubyblue
Thanks to you all for your advice. I've read, and been told, that exercise will lift my mood. I bought an exercise bike, and managed to do 10 mins everyday for about 2 weeks. But then it just made me feel ill. I am a physical wreck and don't know how to get better. I tried yoga for a couple of weeks, but this just drained me. Any exercise I do, it ultimately makes me very physically ill. I always feel like I have flu, my sinuses are continually blocked, I have endometriosis and suffer with headaches (No wonder I'm depressed :-() Anyone experience anything similar, or have any ideas? I just feel that if I could get better physically, I would feel so much better emotionally, and be able to do more and live my life
sja
sja
I have no idea why exercise would make you physically ill. It only makes me physically ill when I think about doing it, but that is because I don't want to do exercises. You better talk to your doc.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I would suggest doing pilates.There is no stress on the body, no weight on the knees.It's fairly smooth...

though...im not sure why yoga would drain you.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yeah, exerciseitis is big problem for me too!
Hope you see the doc about it or just take it real slow with walking. I think that a walk can't hurt a person unless it's down the middle of a freeway or in a burning building.
sja
sja
LOL Curly!! Don't forget off the end of a short pier.

rubyblue, do start out slow with walking and work your way up.
rubyblue
rubyblue
I've tried the gentle walking. Am still incredibly unfit and physicall weak. Unfortunately, my doc just sees the depression when I see her,so she's not awful keen to see whether there is some underlying physical problem. Why do so many docs just think we are neurotic or hypocondriacs? I wish she could live in my shoes, even just for 0ne hour
deleted_user
deleted_user
I do pilates, don't know why excercise would make you feel ill.
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