A Week From Now You'll Wish That You Started Today

Last night, I learned that it is NOT good to eat sugary food after 6 days straight of hardly eating anything at all. Oh dear God!! I went out to a small get together, and ate some stuff there. And by "some stuff" I mean some chips/lollies/fruit etc. It wasn't even that much. So I got home at around midnight, and went pretty much straight to sleep. (Anyone else get incredibly tired after a reasonably-sized meal?) I woke up at around 2.30am, with a horrible stomach, and spent quite a while in the bathroom. With a plastic bag because I thought I was going to throw up. Oh God. It was terrible. I still have a stomach ache. I sure as hell learnt my lesson though!

Okay, so, what's motivating me for every single aspect of my life at the moment? This quote:

A week from now you'll wish that you started today.

I always start something, give up a couple days later, and then a week goes by SUPER quickly, and I'm kicking myself, because I should have just done it then! Anyway, this is why I'm ahead of my uni work, and am staying with my teeth whitening schedule, and all that jazz.

Assuming the lovely girl that knows me is reading this, I can't comment on your blog, obviously because people follow you that I know and I'd rather not risk it. BUT, I am more than happy for you to follow me and to read my blog, as long as it doesn't go further than that. Like, I don't want Jordan to know, or anyone else. That would be disasterous. Thank you for being so understanding. I'm glad it's you that found my blog, and noone else. :D

Okay, rant time.

There's this idea going around that anti-depressents rarely work. And that the best that they do, is "numb" feelings. But here's the thing. If you're medicated, and you're not feeling better, OR you're just feeling flat, you need to go back to your doctor, and either get a higher dose or try a new type. It's that simple. The meds work, as long as you do it right!!
I was put on Pristiq, 50mg, in January last year for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). A couple months later, I was feeling pretty bad again, so we increased the dose to 100mg. The same thing happened, and we went up to 150mg. Then again, and we tried 200mg. PERFECT! I have kept that dose for over 9 months now, and I feel wonderful on them.
I cannot stress enough how important it is to get your dose right! Anti-depressents shouldn't make you feel bad or flat or numb. They should allow you to feel like you used to before you became depressed. Most people don't get the perfect dose/med type the first time. You have to go back and get it right.

Deep breath.

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Okay. Thank you. On a lighter note, it's Mother's Day, which is nice.
And tomorrow, I'm going to the zoo with my uni friends, which should be absolutely lovely. I'll admit that I'm pretty damn excited.

Oh, lastly, for no reason other than my absolute appreciation and thankfullness for enlightening my life, you should check out this blog: I Don't Skinny Dip...I Chunky Dunk
I cannot begin to explain how much fun I have reading it. And Eeshie is so adorable!