Anita,

I hope you are feeling better and more focused soon.  Here is something that describes me I think: Imagine a pond.  On one end are gold fish, the other end is empty and in the middle there is netting.  These gold fish nibble away until they start getting through the netting.  The gold fish for me represents stress.  As more gold fish come through, I get more stressed, more anxious, tired, irritable, impulsive, more talkative, less able to concentrate and pay attention to detail, brain feels foggy, rush through tasks without thought, going through the motions.

Finally all the gold fish get through the net to the other side and I crash.  I feel depressed that all the gold fish got through my net again.  I feel worthless.  It affects my relationships and my work product.  I feel like I can’t control it and it effects everything negatively.  Then I put up a new net and it starts all over again.

Nothing seems to really help get me back to normal or my body to a better place during this cycle.

Lindsey