HORMONES.

The appointment finally ended (yay!) around 11PM. (I’ve never seen a doctor who works this late.) The thyroid tests I took recently hinted at both hyper and hypothyroid problems, which wouldn’t be surprising because almost everyone on my mom’s side of the family has Hashimoto’s disease. I’m also supposed to quit using the progesterone cream--something that’s been preventing constant daily dilation and hot flashes--and take a birth control pill instead. Even though I’ve already stopped it a month ago, I am apparently ovulating on my period (at least two times per cycle), which can mess with the thyroid test results anyway. My endocrinologist seems to think that being on “the pill” will make any thyroid abnormalities more visible, so I’ll be retaking the test a few months after starting it. (More waking up early...yay...)

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The Surprising Science of Happiness

 Wow, I've been watching a lot of Ted talks recently, and this is one of the best ones I've seen. I honestly wasn't sure about it at first, though it got better as I could relate it to things I've observed and learned. Like many others, I've noticed that making decisions and sticking with them or not having a choice in the matter has made me feel better overall, even if the option I've stuck with didn't sound satisfying. And one of the things I've learned in my psychology classes was that people adapt. A big life change is shocking at first. After living with it for a while, we almost forget what life was like before the change. Whether the change was originally positive or negative, one's change in happiness or sadness often eventually becomes much less extreme... at least based on what our brains think after the change. So if we're having problems making a huge life decision, we can at least feel assured that, in the end, our brains (kind of) have our backs. We're often more adaptive than we initially think we are.