What are the sighns of a nervous breakdown?

Question

I could do with some serious answers please i aplogise for the simple spelling mistakes but i have not slept for 4 weeks and i can barely think straight but at least now you have some more points first two answers given..

To add a bit more my doctor had to come out to me last week as i hit the lowest yet and i would not leave the house to see him and he did put me on anti depressents but someone has since said to me it sounds like a nervous breakdown..

Answer 1

son muchos los signos

Answer 2

Chances are if your able to write into a question and answer board your not having a nervous breakdown, a nervous breakdown is when you just can't cope anymore, you feel as though the walls are closing in on you, you can barely function, simple everyday tasks seem impossible, its almost as though your body is shutting down, if your feeling depressed, experiencing anxiety, having crazy thoughts, not leaving your home, not wanting to socialize get to a doctors office (asap) let him give you a complete examination, blood tests the works, there may be things the doctor wants to rule out, there can be an underlying problem that can be causing you to have certain symptoms, I suffer with depression and anxiety and sometimes your worst enemy can be your mind, over thinking things and worry are a bad combination. get to a doctor, believe me knowing whats wrong is better than not knowing, not knowing just causes you to worry more, chances are your going to see a doctor anyway, so why wait,,,when you see the doctor make sure you tell him everything, even the small stuff it will help him in making a diagnosis. GOOD LUCK.

Answer 3

What is a breakdown?
The term actually refers to a wide range of experiences when someone has hit rock bottom. There is no such thing in medical terms, and making a diagnosis based on such a flimsy term is near impossible.


Severe depression: This is the most common type of breakdown, where someone develops severe depression over a few weeks, where they can't sleep, feel on edge, have negative thoughts about themselves, feel more and more hopeless and then one day just can't get out of bed.
Collapse in social roles: Inability to keep doing day-to-day job and playing your usual part in family/ social life.
Loss of sense of reality: When the person becomes delusional, 'has lost the plot'. A psychotic breakdown, although this is not always indicative of schizophrenia.
Warning signs of immobilising stress:
Physical: diarrhoea, constipation, IBS, back pain, breathing problems, migraines, insomnia, low libido, a disrupted menstrual cycle.
Emotional: constant worrying, anxiety, feeling everything is out of your control and you are trapped.
Behavioural: Mood swings, tantrums, constant fidgeting, withdrawal from normal life.
Why does it happen?
Breakdowns are caused by the interaction of the internal and the external, yet there is always a trigger or catalyst. Breakdowns are often associated with a major life event, such as a bereavement or a broken relationship. Whether such life events cause a breakdown depends upon the individuals ability to cope with the situation. Those who are more vunerable at the time are thus more at risk.



Breakthrough
It's not all bad, if you receive the right treatment a breakdown can be turned into a breakthrough. If well managed it can enlighten the person as to what went wrong, and help them to come out the otherside as a better person. It can teach you about yourself and your coping strategies and help you deal



Treatment
Medication and a coping strategy, either through group therapy or individual therapy.

MY ADVISE: TALK TO LOVED ONES< GET HELP IMMEDIATELY< GO SEE YOUR G.P... All the best

Answer 4

Lots of advice already here you can follow, if your not sleeping it doesnt sound to me like depression but more anxiety and stress. There are phone lines 24 hours a day when you can talk to someone and your doctor should do more than dish out the tablets, what about a home visit from counsellor, CPN or crisis worker?

Answer 5

First - Panic attacks againsts thing that you would have generally considered trivial.
Second - Struggling to be able to focus on any thoughts.
Third - Strong feeling to need to escape no matter where you are or who you are with.
Forth - bad one this so be careful - Loss of sense of reality. I won't give examples because it may set you off down that path. Basically, you will start to try and focus your attention on things to escape the above and you will train your mind to believe non-realistic things are happening - possibly you may get paranoid.

Solution - Which is more important - You need to find 'space' somewhere to do something that is rewarding but not mentally demanding (physical excercise is good - or gardening) this should help you to remove all the 'chemicals' your body is creating and allow you to re-focus. After some time you may be able to establish some of the primary initiators but first you must start to un-learn the above traits.

Answer 6

Overwhelming anxiety, depression & stress. Inability to sleep, loss of appetite, unstable & emotionally drained. These are a few I found on the net but I haven't had a nervous breakdown and I would guess that everyone is different.

Answer 7

You may feel your body weight. specially on your shoulder. You forget things. Make mistakes. your body shakes.You do not know where you are heading just walk with out thinking. Your mind go blank. And so on.
Best thing you can do is get counselling. Yoga, Swimming and gym also help in some way. Eat healthy food. Have good friends around you who will make you forget your unhappiness.
Most of all think positive and trust and work yourself to get better.

Answer 8

A feeling of utter hopelessness, wanting to end your life, not eating or sleeping very well (the eating can be just junk food eating, not taking proper nutrition), life is an uphil struggle and just getting going in the morning can be a waking nightmare, uncharacteristic behaviours are common, loss of concentration and loss of libido are very common too.
You need to see your doctor as you need to get that sleeping sorted out and you can discuss the other things with him too...;

Answer 9

For serious answers you need to see your doctor. There are few experts here, but there are a lot of smart*sses like me.
I saw my doctor for insomnia and she referred me to a counselor because she thinks I have depression. I think so too.

Answer 10

Can`t eat or sleep. Unable to concentrate, agoraphobia, withdrawal, strange phobias, decline in personal care.......

Answer 11

I agree with Sum2000 on here.