@Dreamy 

I've always done the same thing.  I just kept going on regardless, because I knew I could.  But I got to a point were I was very close to just giving it all up, the forum, the study, even the support group I started to have reservations about.  I knew then that I needed a little break. And that there was nothing wrong with it.  People who cared about me would understand.  So I took it easy for a few days, eased myself back in... still easing, and I feel a lot better for it.  It is hard though when you spend so much time with just yourself as company!  The thought of taking a bit of 'me time' can feel like it's a punishment.  But it's more of just doing whatever you can to just minimize all the stress you can.  Which is not always easy, or even possible i know.

I remember when we had to be out on the other side of town for my partners cataract surgery at 6.30am!  It was 11am later than morning and I already felt like I had been up all day!  What the heck do people do with 16 odd hours of awake time every day?!  It's about 3.30pm right now and i'm already feeling like it's bed time.