Junior year stress / anxiety.

[camelbakhi, BSN, RN]

Hi there everyone,

Alright. I am writing this post because I am desperate and am finally to the point where I feel like I need to talk to someone about what I am all experiencing. I will try to sum it up the best I can without being too lengthily. For starters, I came to college as just an average high-school student but I worked way too hard and studied way too much and of course got the 4.0 and got into the nursing program right off the bat. Once I have entered, I have kind of turned like... insane.. very obsessed with perfection and I just feel horrible anytime I don't get an A on anything. I am sure others experience this too. The part that is starting to alarm me is that I am experiencing other things as well. I have become very anti-social and socially awkward. Anytime I converse with a classmate, I get a weird "high" sensation and feel good, but then after I am done I think to myself "why did I say that, that was so stupid' because I honestly feel like I have some social issue. On top of that, I get weird periods of feeling really high and excited and nervous, and then I get REALLY low periods of just stress, irritability, and hopelessness. I am having a really hard time sleeping, and this is effecting my school work and ability to sit down and focus and simply study. My clinicals have started and this week was miserable. I felt like I was foggy and not even remotely in tune with what was going on. I had the hardest time focusing and was just blank-faced and looked depressed the whole time. It was hard communicating with people and I am feeling this way everyday now.. I am over-thinking myself on tests and losing points and it's upsetting me more because all I ever do is study... Sorry for this rant, I know it is sort of just a cluster of problems, but I was wondering.. would you suggest I go and actually talk to someone at my student health services about this? My main purpose of this post is because I am thinking that I am to the point where I may need to consider getting some form a prescription to get rid of these crazy things dragging me down and put me more at ease, etc -- because right now, things are getting a little concerning.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, any input at all would be great.

[palamino98]

C=RN.

Keep this in mind.

[camelbakhi, BSN, RN]

What? I also posted this and completely forgot about the terms & conditions of the site, I do not think this post is appropriate since it is in a way asking for medical advice. I apologize. I will not post any further.