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I'm in a lot less pain this week, so my mood has improved a lot and I can finally address the class work that built up when I was feeling so bad. I tried to contact my student advisor last week in regard to taking an "Incomplete" for this course so I can finish it later and still get a decent grade, but I had to leave a message for her and never did hear back (what great student services you offer, Art Institute of Pittsburgh!). I'm going to call again tomorrow until I am able to speak with a human being; I wasn't feeling well enough to deal with that before. My next class is going to begin soon, so I need to make arrangements to make sure this one gets wrapped up well and will not interfere with my next class too much.
I should have done some knitting while I was feeling so bad, because it woud have been cathartic, but I wasn't able to bring myself to do anything remotely satisfying, which isn't exactly healthy. Therapists in the past have advocated "activity therapy" for me in the past, but when I'm hurting and depressed, it's often difficult to recognize the value of engaging in soothing, fulfilling activities. If I hadn't been in classes, I think I would have been more willing to go through the trouble of making myself knit, journal, whatever, but because I was supposed to be doing school work, I felt too guilty about not being able to complete it to engage in something mindless and soothing, like knitting garter stitch. Now, of course, that way of thinking doesn't make very much sense to me, but I'm feeling better now and thinking clearly.
I can't remember if I mentioned it before, but I got my Ravelry invitation! I'm JackieSixty on Ravelry and have an ever-growing queue that I'm not going to begin on until I get around to finishing Doug's Dr. Who Scarf. I think my very next project will not be the scarf I planned on making, but a dish rag or two, just because they are small and quick.
I still haven't gotten my period yet, so I'm going to take the Prometrium tomorrow after a pregnancy test. I don't think I'm pregnant, but my doctor recommended taking one before beginning the Prometrium if there is any chance whatsoever, and I suppose there is an extremely small one; some women who are generally anovulatory do spontaneously conceive (I just don't feel that I have). After taking the Prometrium I should begin my period in about a week and once that happens I'll begin the injectable drugs I wrote about before.
I should have done some knitting while I was feeling so bad, because it woud have been cathartic, but I wasn't able to bring myself to do anything remotely satisfying, which isn't exactly healthy. Therapists in the past have advocated "activity therapy" for me in the past, but when I'm hurting and depressed, it's often difficult to recognize the value of engaging in soothing, fulfilling activities. If I hadn't been in classes, I think I would have been more willing to go through the trouble of making myself knit, journal, whatever, but because I was supposed to be doing school work, I felt too guilty about not being able to complete it to engage in something mindless and soothing, like knitting garter stitch. Now, of course, that way of thinking doesn't make very much sense to me, but I'm feeling better now and thinking clearly.
I can't remember if I mentioned it before, but I got my Ravelry invitation! I'm JackieSixty on Ravelry and have an ever-growing queue that I'm not going to begin on until I get around to finishing Doug's Dr. Who Scarf. I think my very next project will not be the scarf I planned on making, but a dish rag or two, just because they are small and quick.
I still haven't gotten my period yet, so I'm going to take the Prometrium tomorrow after a pregnancy test. I don't think I'm pregnant, but my doctor recommended taking one before beginning the Prometrium if there is any chance whatsoever, and I suppose there is an extremely small one; some women who are generally anovulatory do spontaneously conceive (I just don't feel that I have). After taking the Prometrium I should begin my period in about a week and once that happens I'll begin the injectable drugs I wrote about before.
