Done yesterday (20110214 Mo)

[mdlbear]

0214 Mo
  * up 6:45; W=197.8; drugs, nose, teeth; light, dishes, coffee
  * Burned _Hearts_ beta CD; listened to about half of it on the Mac; left it
    on Colleen's chair arm when I went to work.
    ! accomplished.  I think it helped lift my mood a lot.
  @ Stress: Constant stress puts your health at risk - MayoClinic.com 
  @ How to be happy: Tips for cultivating contentment - MayoClinic.com
  & spring rolls from the Big Beige Building next door
    chicken, shrimp; spicy peanut sauce.  ~ $5.  Yum!
  * far too brief a walk, but I don't trust my left knee.
  * call to set up appointment with Susan Rothman 
    (receptionist) Heidi said Susan's been on leave since Nov; return date 
    unknown.  So took what I could get.  
  * call to set up appointment with Catherine Reed
  ! lethargic.  Regressions at work over the weekend.
  % AHA:  overload = stress = cortisol.  Does this explain trembling, tensing, etc.?
    except that syndrome all comes *after* stress.
  & made salad after dinner.  Blue cheese and avocado
  @ A First Kiss Is More Memorable Than a First Sexual Encounter - ABC News
  @ The UnChristian Right - Robert Flynn - Open Salon via elf on debunkingxian
  * laundry, dishes
  % 9:15ish 2 naproxen, in hopes of averting another knee lock-up.

A pretty good day -- burning a CD and leaving it on the chair for Colleen to find when she got up made for a really good start, and almost made up for the code regressions that Seth put in over the weekend. Not quite; I spent most of the day being pretty lethargic. What the heck was he thinking? I'm letting him fix it, if I can. Damn it, the stuff was working when I left on Friday!

Wondering whether overload -> stress -> cortisol explains some of my symptoms. Except that the trembling and so on mostly come after the stress these days.

The YD made baked beans for dinner; I made a nice salad afterward, with blue cheese and avocado.

Some links, on stress, kissing, and the UnChristian Right.

Comments

[tibicina.livejournal.com]

Depending on the stress, it can also give you adrenaline dumps... when those ebb, people tend to get shakey. So STRESS followed sometime later by 'shakey, weak, unable to focus well' is actually fairly normal.

[mdlbear]

Thanks. Good to know.

I'm still pretty new to all this "self-awareness" stuff.

[marypcb.livejournal.com]

yes, the stress ratchets up your adrenaline (the fight or flight bit - redirects blood from the gut to the muscles, may increase blood sugar a little, makes you more aware, more focussed, temporary 'up' - it's a lot of what smokers get addicted to) but when the adrenaline wears off you're left shaking from the reaction, having used up lots of blood sugar and immediate access energy, tired and 'coming down', and possibly with an unhappy stomach. trembling is *very* common; it's a shock reaction (but not due to the classic changes in blood pressure/volume shock pattern, just the post adrenaline).

do you like liquorice? it's a mild adrenaline stimulant - chewing the root gives you a mild boost. in general, repeatedly stressing the body with lots of adrenaline reactions isn't a good thing but if you're trying to taper reactions as you learn to deal more with your stress and overload, you might find it a handy thing to try for when you feel shaky later...

[mdlbear]

Interesting. I hate liquorice, though.

I don't think it's usually adrenaline I'm reacting to, though I could be wrong about that. And I know what low blood sugar feels like -- this is different.

[marypcb.livejournal.com]

yeah, I hate liquorice too, it's just handy as an adrenal tonic :-) if it is post-adrenaline reaction it doesn't feel like normal hypoglycaemia because it's low blood sugar plus the other effects and it mimics true shock very closely - but diagnosing over the internet is pretty chancey :-)