Day 5:
Physical symptoms are far less severe. Confusion is also subsiding. Concentration returning. Now it's just the mood stuff. Moods fluctuate wildly from excited to teary. Seemingly without provocation. Anxiety, as always, is just below the surface, but with a bit of mindfulness, manageable.
On the plus side, I feel far less fatigued and feel as though my mental clarity is returning.
This process might take longer in most people as I do have a ridiculously fast metabolism and I wasn't on a very high dose. The point is it does get better, and despite the mood fluctuations, feels well worth it.
Side note: I've lost 3kgs in 5 days. The urge to constantly binge eat has almost entirely disappeared. Appetite is still low but I think that's attributable to recovery process and will even out with time.
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In the midst of winter I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
- Albert Camus
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