Ketosis hit me like a freight train yesterday afternoon.

I thought I knew what 'manic' was until then. It wasn't bad, necessarily, but I was bouncing all over the place. But hey, in this state I sleep for eight hours and wake up refreshed and alert. More than I can say for my usual sleep patterns, which are either sleeping very little and being tired, or sleeping way too much and being tired.

I was totally manic and bouncy until I made dessert last night, which was ricotta, Splenda, a little almond extract, and slivered almonds, which came out to be basically cannoli filling. The calcium and milk fats slowed me down and made me euphoric... so much so that my mom said, "wow, I've never seen anyone get high on dairy."

So I'm learning precisely what food can do to one's state of mind. For the past few years, my blood sugar levels have been so whacked that I never noticed, or I blamed my highs and lows on other factors without taking food into account.

These two weeks are a purge, to reset my insulin system. What a ride it is.

~Halcyondream~

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