Hi Amy
I know you are flying today, but maybe you will have internet access.
On those travel days when breakfast is really early, I just assume I'm going to be eating extra meals. I bring food with me so that I can eat every 5 hours. I don't like to rely on buying food in the airport because I don't know what will be available, and because there may be delays. Also, there may not be appropriate items for lunch available to buy to eat on the plane if the flight is leaving early. Some things I might bring would be sandwiches with an apple and vegetables like celery sticks, carrot sticks and cucumber, or cooked chicken (off the bone) with cold roasted potatoes and a cooked vegetable. I don't mind eating these cold, so that makes it easier. You can pick up a plastic fork at one of the food places in the airport. Whole grain crackers like ryvita, finn crisps or wasa crisps work as a portable brown and cheese sticks are good snacks.

In Ireland, you should be able to buy oat cakes, which are wonderful portable browns. I travel with almonds as an emergency snack.

I was on prozac when I started the program and I was able to get off of it, but I didn't have a big serotonin issue so I may not be a good example. However, blood sugar issues can cause anxiety, so getting your blood sugar nice and steady should help with that problem. You mention hypoglycemia, so that could be playing into your anxiety. Step 4 also helps a lot, when you get to that step.

I hope you have a wonderful trip.
Allison

: I have done some of these steps off
: and on for years. I turned 50 this
: year and decided to change some
: things.....namely, I wanted to get
: off the SSRI I've been on for
: almost 20 years. I have slowly
: been working down but plateaued
: for a couple months now at 7mg
: (had been at 10). In the meantime,
: I'm also starting to notice
: "the change" - hormones
: are a-changin'.

: I've been particularly having a hard
: time as of late and we are about
: to leave for Ireland on Wednesday.
: This is my concern/worry.
: Breakfast gets really messed up
: when we travel by air and have to
: leave so dang early. I'm worried
: that I won't find the
: snacks/protein I need. I've
: started realizing that even though
: I'm on step 3 (not perfect but
: have been using my phone alarm to
: remind me to eat since I have
: reactive hypoglycemia), I've
: gotten a bit shaky lately on
: breakfast - especially on weekends
: and holidays where I'm not getting
: up and getting ready to go
: somewhere. The journal is going
: fine.

: Also, the anxiety has been hitting
: hard for a bit. I know some of
: this is the transition off the
: SSRI. I've read Kathleen's books
: but wanted to know....did anyone
: else start out with having anxiety
: issues and once foods were steady
: notice that go away? Has anyone
: else transitioned off an SSRI?

: Sorry, I've seemed to be "all
: over the place" with this
: email (just shows my anxiety, I
: think). Just needing some
: encouragement so I can enjoy this
: trip.