The Manx Den

Oh, let’s see… I’ve been very preoccupied with the fact that Diabetes treatment can be helped with a vitamin supplementation, and the thought that it’s linked to my winter SAD insomnias.  Over the last week of December I started having strong issues with falling asleep and waking up much too easily, and it led to a jumble of confusion and obsessive behavior, including tons of self-study online about nutrition. I ended up buying a bunch of vitamins and changing eating patterns, and it freaked my hubby out wildly.

So I’ve had trouble sorting out the results of vitamin supplements on 1) blood glucose levels and skin health, and 2) mental clarity, sleep and mood. Right now the name of the …

Sleeplessness easing up, and thoughts on election…

I’m feeling much better this morning. The days, they sort of melt into one and the other, especially when I’m recording my blood sugars for the day and I’m still on 4-5 hours alone of sleep, but it was a lot of fun watching the election excitement yesterday in good ‘ol America. It’s a little embarassing that it’s taken so much to get the population to care about change, but honestly, I feel the need for it too. 

The stuff that was on the ballot was a little scary this season. 

• Assisted suicide
• Ban of gay marriages
• health care..

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Man, this past week has been very stressful. I got scolded by my insulin-pump nurse for having high blood sugars over several months, and she didn’t seem to be the type to be very willing to listen about how much I am sensitive to approval or dissapproval about what my blood sugars look like! As if feeling bad at times with high blood sugars isn’t already enough. x__x…