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by PKop 1439 days ago
You should lay outside in direct sunlight few days a week, run/lift weights, go on walks in nature.

Physical exertion, vitamin D and testosterone from sunlight and exerting your breathing and cardiovascular system from running will in aggregate improve your mood and energy levels orders of magnitude better than they are now likely better than drugs will do as well without negative side effects, especially cognitive.

Start with walks and sunlight...

Give this a read about serotonin [1] very interesting point of view describing excess serotonin as an energy and metabolic inhibitor, depression inducing, harm-avoidance, hibernation chemical. SSRIs seem like a bad idea in this context. Whereas dopamine as the action chemical. Reduced light is associated with elevated serotonin and depression. You need to get out in sunlight daily off possible.

http://raypeat.com/articles/articles/serotonin-disease-aging...