[pandamonium]

Hello,

This problem started when my first important exams began. At first, anxiety and stress prevented me from only studying in the evenings, when I was horribly tired due to 12 hours of study a day. I could no longer even look at a text book. Nevertheless, stress was the factor that caused me to jump from my bed and start studying. Due to the intense stress, some days I couldn't fall asleep and stayed up until 5am. I have used Neurozan to keep the stress away and help me to concentrate. However, it doesn't help anymore. It seems I have a different problem now.

Eventually, I have finished the exams that year. However, from the beginning of the second year, I now feel that anxiety and stress all the time. I felt behind in my second year and I ended up with horrible grades. Now I'm in the middle of the third year and it doesn't prove to be much different from the second.

At the moment, the only thing that I can think of is that I have to start studying, nothing is interesting anymore, not even things like video games, music and other hobbies that I previously enjoyed. I only use them to get away from the real life for at least an hour. I don't want to do anything.

I tried almost anything I can think of: healthy eating, exercising, week-long holiday, going out, sleeping well, talking with my parents, assigning two weeks just to relax, using vitamins and even things like coffee and redbull that also proved of no help.

I'm quite a sensitive person, so I tend to cry a lot and in the first year, the stress was so intense I often started shaking and braking things like a drawer. I also tend to feel completely relaxed after I have cried a lot and can make myself study, but with no use since the brain doesn't accept anything I read after.

Please help

[Travelinglady]

Hello and welcome to Psych Central! I really encourage you to see the school counselor about your situation. I am concerned that you are also now getting depressed, too.

You might want to post in the Anxiety forum here to see if any folks there have any suggestions for anxiety, too.

I hope you will feel better soon.