rainy

My heart in a knot
2011-06-09 22:57:37 (UTC)

veggie no more

So tonight I temporarily stopped being a vegetarian because I've been experiencing some increased problems with my memory and cognition. I've been a vegetarian for a year and a half now but am not sure if my current issues are related to my diet or other outside factors such as the stress from class and work, and possibly not getting enough sleep.


Lately I've just noticed I don't have the motivation to do things, I am also experiencing short-term memory problems.. it has become more frequent and I'm trying to find the cause.. this is not the first time this has happened.. I notice a trend of it happening during times of stress, I even went to the doctor and told her I had a brain tumor and thought I was going to die.. but it was the stress from work that I was dealing with that was causing headaches, confusion, and impaired cognitive abilities.. I know because after everything was over I started to feel slightly normal again.

But right now it's back again.. in fact I am going to try to go to bed right after writing this so I can get a head start on my sleep, I really hate feeling this way, and the bad part is that my body feels completely fine but it's my head that hurts the most. I just did a symptom checker on webmd.com and now I am worried I could be developing schizophrenia, however I am not hearing voices or anything even similar to that I do however have a few of the other symptoms however they are also shared with many other disorders..

So right now the plan is to stop my diet change for a while, get more sleep and do at least 15mins of exercise per day..I'm also going to try to alleviate the stress from school by not trying to cram too much studying into a long period of time... I should study for like a hour and 1/2 and then take a break. I hear that is the most affective and less stressful on the brain..


I hope I can rule out my diet as not being the problem for my symptoms because I really enjoy being a vegetarian : D




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