drusillas_rain

Firstly, what is 5-htp?
It's an amino acid which helps in the production of seratonin in the body.
tryptophan —> 5-HTP —> serotonin
It helps regulate sleep and helps with depression. It's not really a medication (it won't put you to sleep like valerian root or a sleeping pill), but instead helps restful sleeping/dreaming patterns. It also won't immedietly make you happy, but when I'm feeling really depressed, I've noticed it helps stabilize my moods. I'm fairly anti-western medicine (actually phobic more like it) and even though I've been diagnosed with mild clinical depression, I'd rather try to control it through natural means for as long as I can. I've seen what long-term medication can do to a person with a mental illness, and would rather not have to go through side-effects.

Phew, that was slightly longer than I meant it to be.


a) choose 1 small achievable goal a day or a week so that you can feel good about that. I'm currently on the goal a week because some days it's enough to get dressed.
I think I tried to do too much. I was so focused on work last term, so I decided to make small goals in other areas of my life. Individually they were all small, but I think I may have filled-up too many categories.


b) if something prevents you from getting something done, you don't say I didn't do ... and feel negative; you say I was prevented from doing [insert whatever] by [insert the reason]. Does that make sense? It works actually because it moves the blame from you & stops you feeling like a failure.
ooo, that's an interesting idea. I'll try doing that from now on.


I'll have to check your memories to find some funny fic to read.

And thank you so much for the drabble! It was utterly perfect and had me bouncing at my desk at work *hopes the coworkers didn't notice the squee*