Settling in
Monday, Feb 16, 2015, 2pm
I have found it hard to carve out time for blogging. This will change. I have finally gotten settled. And I made a great friend here, also a Ph.D. student from the U.S. who is bad at foreign languages. We have lots in common and have been watching the new SVUs together. We went to Carnival yesterday — there was a parade in the streets, everyone was in costume, and I was pushing little kids out of the way to grab at the candy they were throwing out at the crowds. They gave away the most delicious Turkish delight I’ve ever had! Strawberry flavored….
Needless to say I am eating sugar again. I was doing so well — my plan was to take pictures of everything I ate and post them to this blog. I’m bummed I had to triple the dose of Lithium I take (from 150 to 450mg!) to prevent that manic episode I thought I felt coming on…. But once I get in a routine and can sleep better again, I will cut that out completely and just take 75mg of Lamotrigine. What sucks is having to wake up at 8am for my German language class! I need to get in bed by 8 the night before to secure at least 8-9 hours of solid sleep, what with all my waking up in the middle of the night and lying awake in a half-dream state. My cortisol level must still be super high — I wish I knew how to turn it down. But there is always something to worry about! The future is a storehouse of endless fodder for worry.