My university diet certainly didn't help but I thought once I got out of residence and started cooking me better food, I would loose weight and I never noticed anything different, so then I would start binging on sugar because I was stressed and I needed to stay awake.

When I came home from the doctor's though, my mom wondered how I managed to keep up decent grades if I have thyroid problems, since it apparently makes you forgetful?

I guess that maybe depends on a) how good your memory was before hand, and b) how bad the thyroid gets? I did notice more forgetfulness in my immediate/shallow depth memory (ie general day to day things like what I need to buy at the supermarket, and which email I was just about to answer), but my long term/academic level memory has always been excellent and seemed unaffected.

Extreme tiredness was definitely a biggie though - I've always been chronically anaemic so thought it was that, but between my thyroid improving and remembering to take iron tablets more regularly, it's definitely reduced.

I think I'm sick now. :c It's funny - my throat burns now that we're talking about thyroids. It's just not so funny coincidence.

I guess it depended on the class and what the professors were looking for (can you understand the concepts vs regurgitation of material). It seems like it was too often that I would writing an exam and I forgot something that I was trying to commit to memory because I figured it was important. I could also recall vague things that I didn't even look at while studying for a exam too though, simply because I happened to go class that day. I didn't get full marks on it but hey, I didn't leave it blank.

awwww hope you feel better soon

So, the procedures to declare my sleep disorder at the license department has begun. Just waiting for the form for my doctor to fill out and send it back to wait for their decision. Only 3 options are offered, two of them are depressing. Kinda of down right now cause if I lose my licence, it will create a lot of problem for me. But hey, it had to be done. I just don't like it at all.

Look at us, waiting on results.

Is it your driver's license that you might end up losing?

My brother is probably going to get fired because he's an idiot. He was drinking at work and I had to call the paramedics for him.

I have one of those in my family. Uuuuugh. Sorry to hear that, though. =/

And the worst part is that his excuse was "it's Friday and I didn't want to be at work".

yes, my driving license. :( and he is an idiot lol. Wait until you're done with work!!

Does he not understand that he could lose his (I assume anyway) only means to obtaining said drinks? Then again, I guess one simply cannot understand stupid. -shrug-

He wishes. :c He needs to keep busy to stay out of the hospital (this is the third time drinking landed in the hospital).

That stinks! I never got mine, since I was at school for a long time and never bothered to learn before then, so it sucked for my mom to have to drive us everywhere. Now the car is broken so nobody gets to ask for a ride.

, well that sucks! And yeah, I hate thinking of losing it, but if it has to happen, then it will. At least, I do have a nice bus circuit where I live so I will not be stranded.

This post may get a little ranty, so apologies in advance and feel free to ignore it, mostly I just need to vent.

Had a big argument with my boss's boss today, to the point where I was debating whether to say something blatantly unprofessional and risk getting fired or just throw it in and quit. In the end I did neither, but I am now actively looking at alternative jobs at the same company.

I already had a sinus headache from some stupid virus and now I have one of those horrible tension/dehydration headache that you get when you've been crying a while. I can't get to sleep but there's too much going on in my head to concentrate on reading or doing something (vaguely) productive like questing, so I'll just be hanging around aimlessly for a while. Fortunately I had already booked tomorrow as a day off so yay lie-in and not having to have anything to do with the person in question for an extra 24 hours.

I think what bugs me the most is that I can feel myself becoming a worse person under his 'leadership'. We have completely opposing views on pretty much everything so it's inevitable we will clash, I guess, and he's more senior so he's always going to 'win' when it comes to work decisions. He thinks I'm really negative and/or incompetent, because I never agree with him on anything.

It's kinda funny because this morning I spent a good hour calming down someone who one of the other managers had made cry, and I had to try very hard not to tell her that I feel exactly the same way. I've noticed that a lot of my old anxiety/OCD habits have started to make an appearance.

I've been very lucky to have had a good run of great managers so I guess I was due. Still sucks though.

Well that was fun, site wen't down just as I tried to post. That scuppered my 'aimless subeta-surfing' plan for a while.

sorry that you are living this situation. It's never fun to be under someone that doesn't value your point of view, intake, etc, that just wants to put you down so they can feel superior or whatever. Your idea of looking for something else might be a good one if you can afford it, but like I said to one of my ex coworker, your health/sanity is not worth a job.

Even though I'm almost in the same boat as you, I work from home so I'm lucky that I don't have to deal much with office politics and when my boss piss me off, most of the time I'm able to scream/make face/swear at her without anyone knowing except my cats lol. But, if I could find something else in my field where I can work from home (nearly impossible lol), I would get the heck out. So tired working for childish morons...

Good luck!!

Sorry you're going through it too :( I manage to avoid him most of the time, and there's a few of us who have similar feelings and we'll get together and have regular rants so that helps a bit too! I love the image of you making faces around your cats, lol 😆

I have so little patience for office politics, and the higher up the ladder, the more narcissistic and pig-headed personalities there seem to be!

oh yeah!!! My supervisor is the Billing Department Director. Never understand why they gave her the supervision of all the administrative department on top of all that she has. To make matter worse, she is a "dig her nose into stuff that is not her business'!!!

I believe that she has a talent cause no one can put an entire province offices to hate you, but she did manage it! Everyone hates her! When she get put back in her place, she makes your world hell, she nit-pick everything just to annoy the shit out of you. I don't know how many complaints the Vice-President got about her, but they keep her there cause it would cost too much to fire her. Been there way too long apparently. Can't wait for her to retire, which should have been a decade ago lol.

But, I'm also tired to work for a company for which you are just a number even though they claim all the time they are doing all they can for their employees to be okay etc. BS. On Sept. 16, it was the day I've been working for them for 5 years now. No email saying congrats, not even a phone call. Tomorrow is my b-day. Usually, we get an ecard from HR. This year? Nothing. So yeah...I know I still have it good. Nice salary, insurance up the wazoo, working from home, but still....

Okay end of the rant lol. :)

Note to self: Not a good idea to do Carl quests WHILE downloading stuff from Netflix.

Gee insomnia is fun(!) I woke up at 3am and spent 2 hours lying in bed trying to get back to sleep. Gave up at 5am since I don't seem to be even close, and my alarm will go off at 6.30am anyway. But it means I'm going to be super-cranky/emotionally volatile today. I don't function well on less than 7 hours sleep

Happy Birthday! 🎉 🎂

What you've described sounds sooooo familiar ;) One of the great universals I guess!

The whole 'number not a person' thing is really frustrating and demoralising. Another of the reasons I don't get on with my boss's boss - I spent a good couple of years creating a team culture that valued individual contributions, helped people develop, and was an all round fantastic atmosphere. People loved working on my team, even if only for a few weeks, and would often beg to be allowed to stay. Now there's a 'button-pusher' mentality, and there's an obvious difference in how people are feeling (myself included).

Happy birthday! and hugs I'm sorry you're both going through all of this :(❤