It's been awhile since I've posted. Not too much has changed. I have started neurofeedback, particularly bipolar (both hemispheres of my brain) training that focuses on creating permanent changes in my brain. Hopefully this will help to decrease my brain fog and fatigue. That is the goal. I have also started some aromatherapy to help with the fatigue, brain fog, and bloating. So far, I think it has helped my bloating and fatigue a bit. I'm experimenting with different mixes such as peppermint with rosemary and also ylang ylang with frankincense. A little positive change is better than nothing!
As far grad school...that is being put on hold another year because of my excessive brain fog. Due to the fact that I cannot always think of what I want to say and the like, taking the GRE test (which is almost 5 hours long!!) will have to wait for now. I have taken a few open online courses that are free and that interest me. This has been a good training for more challenging tasks like the GRE.
Since I have decided not to take the GRE this year, this means that applying to grad school is out of the question this year also. This was a challenging decision I had to make because I didn't want to make a decision in the first place. I just assumed that my progress would continue in leaps and bounds. And I just didn't think to be a bit more realistic.
While deciding on what I'm going to do with grad school and such, I have really thought about changing things up from my dream career of being in neuroscience to something practical, realistic, and helpful in society...biofeedback and/or neurofeedback. Being a patient of biofeedback and neurofeedback programs has opened my eyes at the possibility of being in this field. It has the things I like about helping individuals AND has a neuroscience and alternative medicine view. It seems like a good fit! I have been looking into programs...most of which do not require the GRE!! So it just feels right to me...only time will tell what the best direction is for me. I must continue my neurofeedback sessions to decrease my brain fog and fatigue before I take the next step. All that I know is that my future will be bright :)
