I am on adept difficulty, I have apprentice restoration, apprentice destruction, apprentice alteration and all the apprentice spells to follow. I use stoneflesh, wards and firebolts. I do more then just a little kiting to stay alive, I haft to use like nearly every mana potion I have with 3 falmer on me. Lydia died when I was healing her, I was being attacked.

I know what my problem is, I am running out of mana far faster then I should be, using novice destruction robes, 30 magicka hood & necklace. Should I be putting points into enchanting asap at level 10 already or what?

Falmer are killers at lower levels.

Armor and Enchanting can't hurt.