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Stopping exercise for 10 days can decrease brain blood flow

ljimbo423

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I personally feel better when I go for a short walk at least 1-2 times a week. Although 10 years ago when I was 80-90% bed ridden, that was not possible. I have tried many, many times, to do other things around the house like cleaning, organizing and other things, to use that energy that I put into walking, but I don't get the benefits I need.

When I don't go for a short walk for a week or more, I start to feel more fatigue, more brain fog, more anxious, and my flu-like symptoms get much worse. So I have been on both sides of this, being so sick that exercise wasn't a useful option and now, where I feel worse when I don't.
 
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From my own personal experience (M.E for 26 years) is that I never experienced cognitive function problems for the first 7 years of illness- I didn't do any sort of exercise during this time.

It was when I improved and started to exercise is when the cognitive problems started.

I have ME and exercise absolutely makes my cognitive problems worse.