I'm extremely underweight and had major surgery a few months ago, so my "exercise" consists of slow-walking with my dog, once a day, sometimes just ten minutes, sometimes more like forty-five minutes depending on how I'm feeling. Obviously I'm not trying to lose weight, and I have no real hopes of building up fitness as my health is just too poor to have those kind of aims. I just like getting outside with my dog, and want to make sure I don't become too sedentary - I do make myself walk even though I often don't feel like it because I don't want to get into the habit of just always staying still because I feel exhausted.
I get codeine prescribed regularly by my doctors, and it always gives me the feeling that I have more energy; it stops my body aches, and walking is far, far easier when I've had codeine. I came off it for a while but was recently prescribed it again, and as usual it's making me feel a lot better, and I've found walking is often not the enormous effort that it was when I was off the codeine.
My question is, is it possible that I'll do more exercise than is good for me because of the "fake" energy and sense of well-being that the codeine gives me? I used to think about this even more when I was on prednisone, because prednisone gave me an absurd amount of energy. In my natural state, without any meds, walking on hilly ground is exhausting. On codeine, it's still an effort to get started, but it's ok. On prednisone, I could walk all day. It was scary the amount of energy prednisone gave me.
But I am extremely underweight to the point where it could be dangerous, and I have absolutely no muscles. Is it a good thing to make the most of the energy codeine gives me, as it certainly makes my day easier and I enjoy walking? Or could this be a problem because I might not realise if I am doing far more than my body can cope with? E.g. would it stress my heart or be bad for my muscles to walk more/faster than I'd be able to without codeine?
(I did discuss this briefly with a doctor once, but that wasn't any use because she said codeine was a sedative and couldn't understand why it gives me energy.)
I get codeine prescribed regularly by my doctors, and it always gives me the feeling that I have more energy; it stops my body aches, and walking is far, far easier when I've had codeine. I came off it for a while but was recently prescribed it again, and as usual it's making me feel a lot better, and I've found walking is often not the enormous effort that it was when I was off the codeine.
My question is, is it possible that I'll do more exercise than is good for me because of the "fake" energy and sense of well-being that the codeine gives me? I used to think about this even more when I was on prednisone, because prednisone gave me an absurd amount of energy. In my natural state, without any meds, walking on hilly ground is exhausting. On codeine, it's still an effort to get started, but it's ok. On prednisone, I could walk all day. It was scary the amount of energy prednisone gave me.
But I am extremely underweight to the point where it could be dangerous, and I have absolutely no muscles. Is it a good thing to make the most of the energy codeine gives me, as it certainly makes my day easier and I enjoy walking? Or could this be a problem because I might not realise if I am doing far more than my body can cope with? E.g. would it stress my heart or be bad for my muscles to walk more/faster than I'd be able to without codeine?
(I did discuss this briefly with a doctor once, but that wasn't any use because she said codeine was a sedative and couldn't understand why it gives me energy.)