I get anxious after studying for long periods? Can some one help explain?

Question

I always study in the libary, because i found it to hard to study at home. For the first two hours of study I find it ezy. I then take a break, 2hr(lunch) but when i come back my speed dramatically falls. When i am studying (mainly reading books) i feel an anxious feeling.

Answer 1

If you have an anxious feeling maybe you have too much work to be done and you are trying to cram it all into one session. Instead, set realistic goals. Don't overdo yourself. If you are studying for four hours take four fifteen to twenty- minute breaks. That way you don't lose focus on what you're working on as opposed to taking a two hour break. Also, your daily life, stresses, relationships, problems, can cause anxiety. So, examine yourself and you'll find out what is causing the anxiety.

Answer 2

Like as not there are a couple of factors involved here. First, your lunch is probably partly to blame. If you haven't eaten a good breakfast, or it's been more than 4 or 5 hours since you ate- you are functioning on stored fuel prior to lunch, and a brain that is becoming fatigued. If you are eating a fat or starch laden lunch, and fill yourself to capacity, the body then concentrates on dealing with the great glut of sugars and starches. Digestion takes lots of blood and energy to process the food. Initially the pure sugar gets dumped directly into the blood stream, which leads to a blood sugar drop in about an hour or so. At that point, you run low on fuel again, until the digestion can provide glucose from the starches in your lunchtime meal. At this same point, you are no longer "brain" rested, and are heading into the normal mid-afternoon slump most folks experience. Most people are at their best intellectually in the morning, unless of course they sleep until noon.
You can also reach a point of saturation, intellectually speaking. There is only so much the brain can take in and process at any given time, and the more detailed and complex the information is, the more easily it is to reach that point. Then, because you are stuggling to make sense of the material, you begin to feel anxious because you realize you are not functioning at the level you want to function at.
My advice would be to alter your eating habits, to begin with. Have a more nutritionally packed breakfast, with another snack - perhaps something with whole grains, at mid-morning. Maybe just slightly before you begin your study session. Then have a sensible lunch, not too heavy on the fats and starches, but a mix of grains, veggies and such. I wouldn't necessarily suggest you go back to study at that point. If you are able, perhaps some sort of physical activity would be in order- a workout, a swim, a walk, anything like that would work. Then come back and see how the study goes at that point. I still wouldn't try to work on anything new at this point, as you are still beginning to physically slow down and tire. Afternoon study is usually best reserved for going over material that you already are familiar with, and simply want to re-digest.
Make sure you have a good night's sleep each night, at least 8 hours worth- or whatever you happen to need, even if that means 10 hours. If you really need to squeeze in more study hours, I'd recommend tackling difficult or detailed study first thing in the morning, just after a good breakfast. That way you take advantage of being fully rested and fully refueled, and will feel a lot less anxious if the material just doesn't seem to be sticking. You can always go over it again later before lunch, or in the afternoon.
Remember your brain is a demanding engine, and it requires good fuel and rest, and physical activity to work at the optimum level. If you try to short any of these three things, you will have problems sooner or later.

Answer 3

Stress, your brain is tired. No matter how your body is willing, but your brain wants rest. Try to take a break, some other times it is requiring sleep to put back your enthusiasm or resetting your brain to the same level before.

Answer 4

Try drinking caffeine. This always helps me calm down. I also have a.d.d though and caffeine has the opposite effect on people like us.

Answer 5

The same thing happens to me but for me it usually means that i am ready for the test but on times when i didn't get that feeling i usually bombed on tests.