Posted by JLx on November 3, 2005, at 7:44:42
In reply to Exercise=anxiety/agitation + craving 4 chocolate??, posted by MM on November 3, 2005, at 1:36:24
Exercise depletes magnesium. Chocolate craving is an indicator of magnesium deficiency. I know that my "chocoholicism" nearly ceased when I started taking magnesium.
I wonder about other minerals too, perhaps exercise disrupts the ratios. Are you well, but not over-hydrated before you start?
Exercise also raises blood sugar. If I take a walk after I've just eaten something with a high glycemic index, like watermelon, I feel like crap when I'm done.
Just some thoughts.
JL
> I know there's some related chemical with chocolate and exercise (PEA?) and endorphins....but here's what happened. I ran for 40 minutes, felt a little tension release for like 10 minutes after (and during) but then the rest of the night I was more agitated and anxious and maybe even depressed than normal, and the minute I got off the treadmill I strongly craved a giant brownie. My main goal is to figure out what chemicals are screwy in my brain, but my screwed up brain makes it so so so hard for me to understand how the brain chemicals work and what an agonist does vs. an antagonist and what I need to target, etc. I'm thinking I might have Treatment Resistant Depression instead of Bipolar Disorder, but my anxiety component is really high (which might be TRD I guess). I'm also really curious about cortisol and how that being screwed up could affect me, but that's also a complicated issue and I'm not sure what I should do to fix that either (other than seeing an endo, which I want to do, but I'm also a little bit doctor phobic now because meds have been so hard on me, but anyway). I wish I could hire some of you to be my psychiatrist a lot of the time but...well ok, any thoughts on what is going on here? I could list all the meds and supps I've taken and how they made me feel and my symptoms or anything if someone might be willing to maybe try to figure out what chemical or substance or whatever is out of whack but that might be a lot to ask. I feel a little guilty asking all the time but I do try to do my own research and I just get TOTALLY lost and I'm not sure blindly trying this and that is all that great because I don't learn much from it. Sorry for babbling but ya, any thoughts? Thanks.
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