So stressed out that I think Im making myself sick

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Im in my 4th semester of nursing school (peds/ob) and Im so scared right now. I have so much school work to do that I feel like I will not get it all done. To top it all off I have felt sick for a week. Not like a cold or anything but I have vague body aches (not as bad as with a fever). No other symptoms except for Im extremely tired. Tonight I started crying because I have a huge exam coming up on Monday, papers due, client to interview, teaching projects and three kids to boot! I get upset because I dont feel well and no energy. Tonight my husband insisted I go to bed and sleep late and study all day tomorrow. Could I be so stressed that Im making myself sick? I even made my doctor do a complete blood workup because I feel like something is wrong with me. He smiled and did the workup and told me to try and do things to relieve my stress. I dont know how to fix this. I feel like Im spiraling downward with no end in site. Anyone know how this feels or have any advice they would like to share. I feel like getting up tomorow and going for a run (even though I dont have time) in hopes that it might decrease my stress a little. Thanks for any help!

April :cry:

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Well stress can lower your resistance and it definitely can be a big roadblock in achieving any quality study time. I can be super stressed and sit down to study for 8 hours straight and not get as much done as when I decide to set a couple of hours dedicated to study that I give myself a deadline and remove all distractions. If there is tv on or even the computer calling out for me to surf the web or peruse posts on allnurses I have to force myself to turn it all off.

I say go ahead and go for that run. It will make you alert and will improve your mood. Then tell yourself you will follow it with two hours of dedicated study time. (with a short break in between.) Clear the desk, close the door and you will be surprised at how much you can accomplish. Of course I say that now and here I am on allnurses. I guess I better get to bed. Take care, Jean

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I know your pain. I have been there some days I am still there. I graduate in 63 days and 7 minutes. Here something I do when I get really stressed and I have a lot of studing to do. I make a list of what I have to do. Then I break it up into chunks, such as 3 pages of a 10 page paper or I study 10 pages of notes I need to study for a test . I start studying and when I get a chunk finished I give myself 10 or 15 minutes (I set an egg timer) of something that I want to do or that is relaxing. I try to think of it as a game. When I am really stressed and thinking about being stressed it takes me longer to get things done. This helps me with that.

Julie

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