Did exercising helped with your sever depression/adhd/anxiety?

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I have sever depression, anxiety, and ADHD all rolled into one OCD-like brain. My therapist said I should consider meds but due to reasons, I’m choosing not to. My fiancé swears that exercising and a healthy diet is the cure for all mental disorders, but I just look at him and think “wow, it must be great having a normal mind to think so simply.” 
My diet’s great so I’m working on the working out part. I used to work out before but still have all the disorder symptoms. Maybe I just need to up my regime and sweat, idk. 
Did working out solved your mental disorders? If so, how intense were your workouts? Did you do cardio or weights or both?
Maybe I’m thinking too negatively at this exercising thing (I’m typing all of this while depression-crying on the elliptical lol)

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It's worth a shot because it has several health benefits, both for your mental and physical health. Exercises are a good thing.
But if you're diagnosed with those issues, it's not going to cure you. I would talk about it with your therapist though, because on internet you'll get a lot of people who self diagnosed with mental illnesses telling you how much exercise / supplements / oils cured them from the disorder they never were diagnosed of.

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It’s not a cure all, by any means. But with my depression, anxiety and PTSD, it’s at LEAST 70% more manageable, and I have better days every single time I workout and eat right. The days I skip out or eat unhealthy, it’s a VERY noticeable negative difference.

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I have depression and anxiety. I saw therapists I took medications. Nothing helped .. honestly made it worse for me. When I ate healthy and worked out I definitely felt a lot better. I also did a lot of yoga which helped slow down my mind. I would workout for about an hour and then do yoga for 30 min after. I also used to meditate (that’s really hard to do though) now that I’m pregnant I really can’t do any of that stuff due to the pain I’m in so my depression and anxiety are back 😅☹️ 
Best of luck! 💕

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Yes it helped, as did a good diet, as did doing a gratitude journal, as did a good support system. But I still needed medication

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I wouldn't say it "solved" my depression, but it definitely helped. For me it needs to be outside, walking or hiking. Being surrounded by nature and breathing fresh air is much better for your mental health than a treadmill. Even if you live in a city, just go around your neighborhood and try to focus on trees and birds (it helps to listen to nature sounds on your phone).

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God, I love working out and lifting weights. It helps relieve a lot of stress that relates to my depression and anxiety. It also made me feel better and happier. I miss the gym 😢

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And I'm not trying to sound all alternative or whatever but there are certain minerals that are very important for brain function and if you are lacking in any, they can make symptoms worse.  When I started taking a supplement (directed by my doctor) of magnesium, zinc and b12 my task initiation and focus levels definitely improved (I'm not diagnosed but I do have add symptoms)

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It only helped for a short period of time for me. Once the endorphins from the workout wore off, I was back to the same level of depression I was before the workout. And whenever my depression was really severe it was really difficult to force myself to work out at all.

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It depends on the individual, but there's so much research/studies linking physical activity to better mental health. It may not help your adhd symptoms so much coz that's just how your brain is wired you know, but it'd probably help your depression and anxiety. A mix of cardio and weights is probably ideal

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I had ppd and when I started walking eating better and spending more time outside I felt 90% better