[Starknaked]

I get the exact same results as you. As long as I exercise I feel much better also because I do it in the morning its easier to make it part of a good routine however it doesn't seem to help with the anxiety that underpins the depression.

Not feeling depressed is good for a while until it starts to feel like you're not fixing the real issue. Tackling all those routine tasks like exercise, sleep, diet is really easy compared to doing the things that are really important to you where there is much more uncertainty, risk, and discomfort that cause me to feel very anxious which is very discouraging.

Doing things like exercise to help with depression is like trying to repair a cracked stone wall by painting over it so you can't see the crack anymore.