Thoughts.com Blogs - Folic acid etc

My darling Craig,
After all the mayhem of the burst geyser and the superbly late plumber, the evening is pulling over – still, calm but with the promise of winter in the air. In a cut crystal tumbler next to the keyboard is a glass of Johnnie Walker Black, swimming in soda water and thick chunks of ice. We’ll probably end up braaing again tonight – but perhaps it will be Lemon Butta where I’ll order sushi and truly relish the experience before I have to give it up for 9 whole months! (Though quite where we would find good sushi in that part of England is another question entirely!!)
I’ve been thinking of dropping down to 75mg from this week – that is, stopping the afternoon dose completely. It’s just that I have a very strong intuitive feeling that that is the dose I will feel safe about taking during pregnancy. It’s a good, healthy compromise. The withdrawal symptoms seem to be perfectly tolerable; nausea, exhaustion, “flu” and headaches with mild irritability being the only obvious symptoms. But going for a bit of a walk every day and sleeping off the worst days seem to be really all I need to manage the symptoms. To feed my brain and nervous system, I’m taking some supplements which I know are critical to maintaining some sort of balance. Vitamin B. Omega 3. Vitamin E. Calcium Magnesium at night. And, of course – 400mg of folic acid every day! They say one should be taking at for a minimum of one month before even THINKING of falling pregnant!! It prevents spina bifida and other neural tube defects…
Calling Flight Centre tomorrow is top on my list of Things To Do tomorrow. I just wish we had an exact date… Something definite, confirmed, 100%. Monday will see me literally hounding Lindile down at Home Affairs to see if my passport was, in actual fact, printed as she said it would be! Then I’ll contact my uncle’s pal to see if he could collect it and get it couriered to me. (Hmmm… tomorrow I’ll make some calls about costs for overnight courier services.)
Anyway – time to get ready to go out for dinner. Lemon Butta, probably. As usual. The tuna and salmon sushi deluxe platter, but the half portion, please. And then I’ll forego the halva ice-cream because I’m so pleased with having slimmed down a little from the Effexor drop! (My mom says my face has changed shape – less puffy and round. Perhaps one day I’ll be a spokesperson speaking against the hyper-medicating of children and adolescents for depression!!)
ALL my love,
Your Lisa