Thank you to finetilthree, iamfaithful, bgrimes86, debola53

Hi Everyone, I just wanted to say thank you so much for taking the time to answer. Your posts have really helped me a lot. It's been a real gauntlet and this is the 11th hour now but I only have about a week to go and when that's over I guess I'll go see a doctor before the next wave of projects comes in. (finetilthree, since you were wondering, I'm working on my 4th solo exhibit (i paint) and it's my biggest show so far -- i guess artists are really crazy, taking risks like this the way we do.)

I am trying to lay off the coffee and the energy drinks and take little power naps here and there -- although it's hard, I seem to have developed an addiction to caffeine cos it's hard to work without it now. Plus, i found out the particular energy drink i'm guzzling (I don't think you have it there) is loaded with aspartame and I found out aspartame is a carcinogen, so, I really do have to cut that out.

You guys are right though -- I guess there's no point in making a deadline if my heart explodes in the process. bgrimes86, your post was especially helpful -- it's nice to know we're not alone experiencing these things and it's not just all in my head. Sometimes the pain's so bad it spreads up to my left arm and that's not a good thing, right? I was thinking maybe I was just being paranoid, so I just ignored it and went on working.

Many thanks again for your help and support! I have to be getting back to the studio now. I wish when this was over it was possible for you to come see my show and see if it was worth all the literal heartache this curator is putting me through. Ciao!