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Energy in the Morning and depression
I’m 4 months post surgery and still struggle in the morning with energy and focus. Additionally, I’m slipping more into depression. Anyone else have or had a similar experience and if so, how did you get better?
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Many cancer treatment centers have counselors to help patients and family members in dealing with the emotional and mental aspects of the treatments we’ve chosen to treat our prostate cancers. You should consider reaching out to them.
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I did not have surgery nor hormone treatments. I had 30 rounds of proton radiation. Having cancer though caused me a lot of stress, anxiety, and depression.
Know your feeling are not uncommon. Reach out to your medical providers to refer you to a counsler and psychiatrist medication specialist. I went through Mayo Psychiatric Department counseling and have been seeing a psychiatric medication specialist every 6 months.
I was prescribed a medication for my depression which has really helped me. The counseling I got revealed to me this is common and reaching out for help is the right thing to do. Things that can make this even worse is your quality of sleep and this can be addressed also.
What I found and post a lot is doing lifestyle changed to help you also. Try to find an exercise you like to do after discussion with your medical providers. I love doing water aerobics and get quite an uplift doing them. Something about endorphins being released making you feel better.
Don't like to exericise find a hobby you like. Do anything you enjoy doing and it will help. Reach out to your medical providers. Your mental health is just as important to you as your physical health. And each affects the other dramatically.
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1 Reaction@jc76 I personally found aerobic exercise to be the secret sauce both during and after treatment. Then one thing I had to overcome and frankly it is just gutting it out and forcing myself some days to get out of the chair and go. The payoff is ALWAYS feeling better afterwards. Going to experiment with both morning and afternoon exercise to see if I can keep the feeling good going all day long.
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1 Reaction@chippydoo Excellent! We often hear about the physical benefits of exercise to minimize the side-effects of treatment. But, there are also mental health benefits as well —> Exercise turns on many types of switches in the parts of the brain that puts us in a better mood. It reduces stress, anxiety, depression, catastrophizing, and more. Incorporating exercise is a necessary part of the routine to minimize the potential physical/mental side-effects of treatment.