I suffer from anorexia, bulimia, OCD, depression, bi-polar disorder and hypo/hyperglycemia. Over the past three years, I've found that cycling is a fantastic respite from my day to day miseries of living. I'm a pretty miserable, loathsome person in general, but at least cycling brings me up to a level that is for the most part tolerable to others. It helps me function in daily life, gets me to work/classes on time, and seems to have a positive effect (to a certain degree, when everything goes according to plan...) on my mood.

Have any of you found this to be the case? I guess I'm asking this as my schedule over the past 2 weeks, combined with a severe bout of depression, has kept me from riding as much as I would like, and I'm suffering royally from it. Has anyone else on this forum gone through this? What are some things that you do when you can't ride, to help ease the suffering? I used to eat, and became so obese that I was 350lbs, and my doctors told me I only had a few more years to live (my cholesterol alone was high enough to kill a horse...)

I got into cycling and started to lose weight, fell in love and have tried to make things better. I guess I have, but I'm wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience through the magic of pushing pedals...