anxiousnscared

You're right. I have tried once before to get help and they gave me a price that I couldn't afford. This was also including the slide in scale. I assumed that I would be able to push through until I would be able to pay for it.

Those of you out there, how do you treat your depression? Do you take anything and if so which medication do you take and what are the side effects of it? What about therapy? I have been struggling with depression untreated since 7th grade (23 years old). I am not able to afford to see a psychiatrist and I don't have health insurance. If anybody can relate to this please send me comments!

I am in my last semester of nursing school. And I must say I am worn out. I have been passing all of my classes with good grades and I even passed my exiting exam on the first try :). But my energy is extremely low. Nursing school was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. It pushed me out of comfort zone and it made my existing depression worse. Don't get me wrong I like nursing and I love taking care of others. However, my energy level is deteriorating. I am constantly fatigued and school is becoming more and more demanding. I currently do not take any medication for my depression so I have just been medicating on prayer and church. My question to you all is that...is nursing easier than nursing school? Do you have time for rest? Did your social life improve? Or is it about the same...or worse ?

Also, I am more paranoid about my health. Which could be a good thing or a bad thing lol. I want to start eating better and getting in shape. I just think that it is important to be an example for our patients.

I'm not even a nurse yet and nursing school itself has changed me. I'm more organized, vigilant, and careful. I aspire to be an ICU nurse because this rotation has made me appreciate my life like never before. I understand that this speciality will require a lot out of me but I am willing to take that challenge. I am just wondering, how has nursing changed you?

This was very encouraging. Thank you. í ½í¸‡

Okay! A little background history. I like to read and I like to analyze things. It's very easy for me to figure things out. I am the type of person who is really book smart. I say that to say my grades are pretty good in nursing school. HOWEVER. I lack in the common sense department. Even in life. My technical skills are very subpar. In the clinical setting I am very fidgety with the tools and I get nervous when I'm told to do things. Yet, when I take a test I am very relaxed and I do well! I'm about to graduate in December and I am nervous that I won't last for long. I mean book smarts can only go so far. SN: I aspire to be an ICU nurse which is very technical. But the ICU was my favorite rotation. Can anyone relate somehow? Will it get better for me? And is there anything I can do to help myself?

Hi. I'm 23 years old and I'm in my forth rotation of nursing school. I am also working to pay for tuition. Needless to say I am very exhausted. My family isn't really active in my life and I am single with no kids. However, I have managed good grades through nursing school. (All A's and B's) and I am so proud of myself. But there is (obviously) a lack of a support system. I was wondering, whenever I become a nurse would this get better? I want to be an ICU nurse and I know that will be so rewarding. Maybe I won't be so sad anymore. Idk. I just wish someone was proud of me. Can anyone relate? Or give me some words of wisdom.

Can you tell me the differences between step down and ICU? Is one more stressful than the other? More demanding? I am in my critical care rotation and I really have enjoyed myself. I'm thinking about doing ICU. Problem is, is that I am a really anxious person and I can be kind of timid. I can understand the knowledge about critical care but actually doing it is different. When I talked to my instructor about it she suggested that I start off on a step down unit and work my way to to ICU because it would be tortuous to throw myself in the ICU setting first. What are your thoughts?

Hey y'all! Okay I am seriously, seriously at the end of my rope. I'm in my forth semester of nursing school and I graduate in December. I am so burned out from everything. This scares me because I haven't even became a nurse yet! I don't even know if I have anything else left in me. This is the most hardest time of my life and it has made my (already existing) depression and anxiety worse. Will it get better after I graduate? Is nursing school the worst part of it? Or am I kidding myself? I question myself about this all the time. If I can't handle school stress how will I handle being a nurse?