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[bending_sickle]

PhD shenanigans

so i got accepted to the PhD program. start date is set for april 1, but it's flexible. beurocracy is in the way (visa stuff, and funding) so everything is still up in the air. the funding stuff i've worked on, but the visa stuff i'm just staring at it scared shitless. (it's been a bad few weeks)

i had a video conference with the supervisors and one of the possible funders, which was nerve-wracking but not terrible.

i'm going to have to learn how to drive, though, because field research. i'm signing up for a course tomorrow and hope to do it as fast as possible because, again, april.

mental health shenanigans

i went to the doctor's on monday. came back with citalopram (20 mg) and lorazepam (1 mg). the psychiatrists have their meeting on thursdays, so they'll call me hopefully next week for an appointment. i've been headachey, nauseous, famished, and occasionally drowsy ever since. also woke up at 7:30 a.m. today which was uncool. i had a nap yesterday (one hour and a half), and another today (three hours), and keep waking up desperately disoriented and with no recollection of the day for a good while. fun times.

other shenanigans

my brother is coming to visit for ten days wee.

Comments

[nuingiliath.livejournal.com]

*snuggles you*

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

*is snuggled*

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

I BELIEVE IN YOU, DR. BENDING_SICKLE!

Also, driving is easy. You just need to buy a few video games and practice with them. I recommend Grand Theft Auto, Carmageddon, and Pole Position, in case you get an old car. ;-)

I hope you feel better soon, and that the cheeky medicines stop being cheeky with your body, Stay cool; stay in school. Or rather, get to school first and then stay there. I guess that's the right order of things.

Also, hugs.

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

*hugs back*

[capn-mactastic.livejournal.com]

*snuggles you mightily*

It might help to keep a notebook with you and note down roughly what's going on before you lie down for a nap; that's what I've been doing <333 Hopefully it'll settle down quickly and these will help.

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

Good idea with the notebook thing. I managed to not have a nap today, but ye gods, the cost. I hope things settle down soon. (Honestly, the worst of it is this constant I AM SO FAMISHED feeling. Which. No, body, you are not starving. You've had food.)

*snugglecuddles*

[capn-mactastic.livejournal.com]

*snuggle-glomps*

Speaking purely from personal experience, I'd just go with the nap: I found an hour and a half nap, and half an hour studying the notes to work out what day it is and whether anything is likely to be on fire, worked out better overall than ten hours of "pls to be killing me now" tired. Adding more protein to your diet might help with the hunger, but if it doesn't go away don't be afraid to ask to try another drug - I put on stones when I was on mirtazapine, combined with the rage it was like "feed me or I may actually murder and eat you", but was not so hungry when I tried citalopram.

*moar snugs*

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

Thankee for the advice <333 *snurgles*

[capn-mactastic.livejournal.com]

*huggles* Any time, love <333 I've been on an awful lot of meds over the years; might as well make use of what I've learned.

[seschat.livejournal.com]

*gentle cuddles*

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

*smishes*