You guys really are nice. Thanks for the support, it helps a lot. I spent most of today sitting at the computer and planning lessons. I used to teach six of them a day. Well, they maybe weren't as well-planned as this LOL. I'm also discovering that it's going to be easy to let myself get sucked into image-Googling for hours because I can do funky stuff on interactive whiteboards now.

I'm sorry Sunshine and Rachel, that you are feeling lousy. At least you know that people here understand. The help I've had from here lately has been invaluable. Sunshine, why do you have to wait until Friday to start the DMSA? If I were you I probably would have lost my patience by now. Messed-up sleep is probably one of the symptoms I tolerate the least, there are just so many knock-on effects when I need to function the next day.

Prozac would definitely be a bad, bad thing. If you all have faith in me then I need to try to have faith too. I'm on this return-to-teaching course but I'm working on getting a maternity leave cover sorted out for after Christmas, and if I can make it there things will probably be looking up. The school is only a 10-minute bike ride away, which is helpful.

Thanks again, hope you're both feeling better soon. Sunshine, at least there's someone who can tell you about your mineral levels etc. Takes a bit of the guesswork away.