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| Fri, 01-07-2005 - 11:07pm |
Hi all:
I've been away for a while entertaining family for the holidays. I wrote in after a vacation that I took in Sept. about how stress relates to symtpoms, and I'm at that point of realization again.
I think my new dose was starting to really help toward the middle of december... for the first time in 2 years my hair didn't fall out for over a week, and I woke up a few morings with an oily face... I used to have oily skin, but haven't since the hypo... but boy, was I happy for the first time in my life to be so shiny! LOL! Brain fog lifted & I wasn't so tired.
But then the hoidays hit and I worked really hard during the 3 weeks my family were here. I was the host & there was just so much work to be done. Also, it was stressful as we all went away to a ski resort and it involved so much planning and packing and then the stress of being away from home and doing the whole Christmas thing there. There were 8 people, 3 dogs and a cat all staying in a small cabin in the woods! Anyway, the stress took its toll and when the visit was over I sunk into one of my deepest symptom times ever! I'm still feeling really bad symptom-wise.
I've learned that even though the supplement is helping, I still need to control the stress in my life and put some limits on what I agree to do because in some ways I'll never be the same. Really stressful times will still bring out hypo symptoms and I need to be more aware of that. I need to not get into a situation that deprives me of rest, exercise and other recouperative things.
I'm glad to be back into my normal routine,
I'll be on the boards again,
Dee.
| Mon, 01-10-2005 - 10:24pm |
