HFCS and such

So I've figured out ONE of my triggers. Not very fun to try and introduce things back into your diet and wait for a migraine, but it's really one of the only ways that I've figured out how to do this. I reintroduced high fructose corn syrup into my diet right before finals, got a migraine, and figured it was probably because I didn't sleep very well the night before and the stress from Finals. I did it again yesterday, and got one today. I don't think it's as potent as some people because I can still tolerate it, like in graham crackers, but I did the "challenge" with 7-up, and now I'm paying for it. Later this week will be coffee and then maybe nut butters (Peanut Butter) and chocolate, because I miss them. Please Baby Jesus, not coffee. Even if I have to drink decaf, that be better than giving it up entirely. So far I've narrowed it down to: Stress, sleep, barometric fronts, and HFCS. At least I have a start on some answers?
Since I have two weeks until I go back to the midwest to see my friends and family, I'm trying to reintroduce some of these things before I go and I'm meeting with about a dozen doctors on my time "off". As I've been on the phone with them an such, they have asked things like "Have you been to our website?"... probably... but you're asking someone with a Swiss Cheese brain who can't remember what she had for breakfast and I'm seeing like a doctor a day... so maybe? Yes, I know, it's my fault for packing a lot into a few weeks, but I didn't have much of a choice- had to do these things SOME time and my time "off" was as good of a time as any! :)
One other thing that I've been thinking about randomly lately is how I don't have much of a backbone. I think my internship at the Pregnancy Center downtown will be a good place for me to learn some assertiveness skills, because I don't already have a relationship with those women. It's hard for me to call out someone that I love out if they have hurt me because I have a fear that I'm going to lose that relationship somehow. It might be flawed thinking, but that's just me. When I don't hear back on a text, email, or voicemail for someone that I love, it immediately makes me jump to "Is my phone on the short bus?" "Am I paying for service and it's not going through?" "Did I do something to offend them somehow?" when it may just be that the text never went through (in which case I need to complain to my phone company) or that I have done something to hurt them (which I need to know so I can apologize) or that they are just busy (which, aren't we all?). It makes me feel invalidated and unimportant, which is something that I need to learn at Alternatives to know that my worth isn't dependant upon the return of a silly text... but still. Just text me back and let me know that you got it, or you're tired, or whatever. With all that I have going on, I have too many balls in the air to worry about that besides. Just my thoughts on that... and those are my random thoughts for today! :)
Love,
Amy Christine