As far as Bankroll goes it started at 150$ for 5NL , currently at 144$ and Ive set my move back down to 2NL at 90$.
The main point of my post was aimed more at the irrationality of the adrenaline rush at the level I'm playing. Outside of poker its a sum of money thats spent without a moments thought.However , inside of poker 1 buyin is a significant part of the range before I have my drop down to 2NL . As time goes by , and hopefully I start increasing my roll I think that the pressure will be less as I get more of a buy in cushion away from the drop down threshhold.Hopefully I will also become more comfortable playing cash games generally as well.
This could then have a knock on effect at the move up level in that I may be best to set a bigger cushion in terms of buyins before I do move up.