I wrote last week about my increased understanding regarding the impact that exercise can have on mental health and outlining some of the actions I had planned to try and improve my levels of activity. One of those actions was to join a gym which I did and I picked up my membership card last […]
Diet and Exercise
Why Walk
Something I posted recently brought up the question of the benefits of walking and whether outside of personal enjoyment it has any mental health benefits. I say yes. I’ve written previously about a time where my CBT therapist asked me when I last felt relaxed an I said it was walking down a hill in […]
Mental Health and Exercise – My New Regime
When I went to the Doctors about 4 months ago and was put on Sertaline, the Doctor asked me a number of questions about my habits, diet, alcohol intake. She also asked how active I was. I said that whilst I wasn’t particularly active, I probably walked the equivalent about 2 – 2.5 miles during […]
BRAT Diet Update
I wrote last Tuesday about the upset stomach problems I have been having since I started taking Sertraline and the diet that I was recommended to switch to until it worked its way out of my system after having changed to Citalopram. I thought today I would just give an update on how it has […]
Sertraline, Diarrhoea and the BRAT diet
When I first started taking Sertraline (which is the generic name for the brand named drug Zoloft) (initially 50 then 100 mg) about 4 months ago I was warned by my GP that there were some common side effects although not everyone gets all or any of them and they normally start to fade after […]