Symptoms and how to overcome nervous breakdown during exam season

Why nervous breakdown?

Most of the students who were brought to the clinic said that at first it was just a headache, a heaviness in the head when doing homework or studying hard at night. And rubbing the forehead and massaging the head would help, but after a long time of massaging, it did not help. The headache is often accompanied by dizziness, feeling like motion sickness, seasickness, staggering, dark eyes, everything spinning around you. Mild dizziness lasts for a few minutes, severe dizziness lasts for hours.

The special thing is that even though the body is very tired, it feels like lying down and falling asleep right away, but in reality the sleep is light-headed, not deep. The more students study, the more difficult it becomes, their thinking becomes slower, and it is difficult to concentrate...

Experts say that studying hard causes blood vessels in the brain to constrict, leading to poor blood flow to the brain. The main treatment is to prevent blood vessels from constricting, narrowing, and causing clots to form in the blood vessels, obstructing blood flow.

Typical signs of nervous breakdown

• Difficulty concentrating

Nervous breakdown can affect both the mind and the body. Chronic stress from fatigue can lead to changes in brain structure, affecting memory and concentration. In severe cases of fatigue, the body produces too much cortisol, causing memory loss.

• Insomnia

Some people who are overly stressed have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep. When they lack sleep, their brain and body cannot recover, making this condition worse. Lack of sleep also affects physical and mental health.

• Tired

Stress is a common cause of fatigue in many people. People with neurasthenia are also more likely to get tired from not getting enough sleep or sleeping too much. Over time, chronic exhaustion and stress can make neurasthenia worse.

• Change of taste

Some people deal with stress by eating more, craving sweets to increase feelings of happiness and comfort. This can lead to unwanted weight gain. Others lose their appetite due to stress.

• Digestive problems

Stress and anxiety can lead to stomach problems such as cramps, bloating, constipation, and diarrhea. For people with irritable bowel syndrome, this condition can cause flare-ups and digestive discomfort.

• Illusion

In some cases, extreme stress from nervous breakdown causes hallucinations such as hearing or seeing things that are not really there. Memory loss, loss of concentration.

• Panic, anxiety disorder

When suffering from anxiety disorder for a long time, the nervous breakdown becomes more severe, panic attacks will appear. Emotions are always in a state of being overwhelmed with fear, unable to control the mind and self. They often feel anxious and fall into a negative state, overthinking everything, always living in a deadlock.

Doctor's advice

In modern life, everyone has to go through different stress situations in life. Nervous breakdown is often treated with medication and lifestyle changes such as reducing work pressure, exercising, eating healthy, resting, and meditating also contribute to controlling the disease.

Candidates should prepare mentally, have a scientific diet and sleep schedule and follow the notes below:

• Don't stay up too late or wake up too early.
• Drink plenty of water because it promotes digestion, prevents constipation, regulates and maintains body temperature and increases alertness.
• Alternate studying with physical activities such as playing badminton, swimming, basketball, cycling...
• In addition, candidates can use some brain tonics of natural herbal origin to increase blood circulation to the brain, nourish blood, clear blood vessels, thereby making the mind clear and the brain clear...
• Increase foods rich in omega 3Fatty fish (mackerel, salmon, tuna) and nuts (walnuts, macadamia nuts, cashews, peanuts) help protect and enhance brain function, supporting memory.
• Cocoa and dark chocolate are high in flavonoids, caffeine and other antioxidants that help improve memory and slow down the aging process of the nervous system.