Anxiety

[lillilah]

I am once again having stomach pain/IBS issues due to anxiety. Of course, it will all be fine. I think I'm just stressing over the potential disruptions in the future, which is silly. However, I'm not great at not doing that. Anyway, I have at least remembered that I can take NSAIDs when my stomach gets like this, so I am doing that. Also, in interesting news, I have once again really started having trouble with my endurance on the treadmill. This same thing happened last time my stomach acted up. I was last doing well with my endurance at the end of March. So, when I am really stressed, it seems that I am not physically able to do a lot of exercise. Which explains why it generally makes me feel much worse. My fasting blood sugar seems fairly consistent (mostly a tiny bit low with a couple tiny pops above the ideal). If cortisol inhibits insulin production, does that mean that I have the glucose in my blood but am having trouble accessing it? I think so. My ability to handle reading has also gone down, I think. Joel thinks (and I agree) that once we get some of the housing stuff resolved, I'll have a virtuous circle effect, which will improve my mental (and physical, it seems) health quickly. Let me just say how happy I am with that treadmill. It is really useful to be able to set it for a speed and see how I respond. Much less subjective than some ways of testing.