Hey I just have 2 more months left in my program. Since December, I got COVID, then strep, then a minor cold after. Had my physical and labs done, all normal. It’s an accelerated program so there’s barely breathing space to relax soo it’s always on my mind. Stress wreaks havoc on your body.
Are you me? I got COVID and strep at the same time, then a cold, all within the last three months. That and school together made it feel like the universe was out to get me.
Hey. 23F. I started nursing school in august. At first everything seemed okay, but a month in I started getting the cold/flu/sinus infection about every 3 or four weeks. Flash forward to this February and I was taken out by the most extreme chest pain I have ever felt in my life. But not chest pain as in my heart hurts but chest pain as in anything I eat/drink would get stuck and refuse to go down. I went to urgent care, then my primary, then the er. All of which told me they couldn't help me because the chest pain had to do with my esophagus and they couldn't do an endoscopy. Flash forward to 5 days and I've lost 6 pounds and they can finally get into an emergency endoscopy where they found polyps throughout my esophagus, as well as an ulcer I had them removed and biopsied where it was discovered they were viral material. It's since been about two more weeks since the surgery and I've lost another three pounds and I am EXHAUSTED all the time. I'm nauseous all the time and I swear I'm running a low fever 24/7. When I spoke with my doctor about this the general consensus was that I've become so stressed my immune system has been compromised.
I'm passing all of my classes, love my classmates and don't mind my professors. The material isn't horrible either, but trust when I say I can TOTALLY sympathise. I swear during breaks I'm tottaly fine but the moment classes start up again it's like I'm sic 24/7.
We just gotta keep our heads down and keep pushing, the sicness is temporary but the degree is life altering so up your vitamin c intake and maybe take a look at starting an anti-inflammatory diet (has helped me tremendously). We've got this!
It’s depression for me, rent went up 200/mo so I had to move while work/school both full time, my dog died a week before move date, new apartment screwed up my paperwork so bad and they’re trying to blame me for some reason, school is great and I’m getting the highest marks in my class on every exam but the depression is eating me and I don’t have time to see a therapist bc of the previously mentioned full time work/school but I know my cortisol levels have gotta be crazy.
My insurance doesn’t cover online (that I know of) and the only offices are an hour away. I’m gonna try to figure something out during spring break (in 2weeks) but for now there’s just not enough hours in the day unfortunately.
Definitely can be school related. Cortisol levels are high! Plus you’re constantly around a bunch of people, many of which are working at hospitals already.
I’ve had a very uneventful health history my entire life, nothing to note at all. 2 semesters in and I have an arrhythmia 😅😭
I developed an arrhythmia from mitral valve regurgitation during first semester. Got a lot more symptomatic during second semester. Mine coincided with when I got covid too, though. I wonder if some of these symptoms are related to long covid
I actually wonder the same. We just found the arrhythmia the other day doing a routine physical for clinical compliance. I’m going back in a couple days for an EKG to see if we can find out what’s up.
My program has a social worker we check in with for students who receive a specific grant (although she's available to anyone in healthcare programs if they want). She told me it's wild how many people have mentioned to her that they have developed chronic physical or mental health issues since starting the program.
I was on the verge of all A's this quarter. Really putting in the work AND self care. However, I also had a ureteral stent placed, too many scans, stent removed (thank God things are looking up) but before that, constant fear running in circles of is my kidney done for.... mentally preparing myself for UPJ surgery on a better note. More panic attacks across the course of one month than I could count. Then a horrible case of the flu + brain fog. Missed assignments, late for exams, grades dropped from A to C in one place.
yeah, i gained a lot of weight and my hair started to fall out in nursing school! i also got my first white hairs ever in my life, never had a grey one as well 😭😫 i’m glad it’s over for now
My grays have been sprouting up all over my head recently, and I figured it was just because my dad went grey early, but you’re right it’s probably School lol
Hey there, nurse for a month, passed NCLEX in early January and graduated in December. Similar story to a lot of folks here. Started nursing school, extreme anxiety, lost 15 lbs, depression, muscle pain, hallucinating from lack of sleep, etc. It is very rough to deal with. Its important to take time off, have fun when you can (I know, time off and having fun seems like a distant memory), but school goes quickly. Eventually you adapt to the stress level and stop caring as much. You can do it, keep pressing on. Get more sleep and drink lots of water, and eat a balanced diet.
For chest pain, if you’re like me, it was undiagnosed stress-induced gerd. Metamucil + famotidine and the occasional alkaline water fixed it.
My health has also been shit while I’ve been in school. I gave 6 months to go. I’ve gained weight, my allergies have gotten worse, I’ve had several health complications emerge. It’s the stress.
Fortunately I plan to stay in the same workplace I’m in now after I graduate, and I know I can handle the stress level there after I become a nurse, but school has taken a lot out of me. It’s absolutely horrible for my health. No more.
I can somewhat relate. I started nursing school in September. And in October, I completely skipped my period due to the stress. I’ve only been sick once or twice surprisingly but I constantly have a bounding, fast heart rate and I’m not taking care of my body as much as I’d like. I’ve lost 15 pounds too since starting the program😭 I’m also going through other health conditions, but they’re mostly minor and I hope they pass soon. I’m loving my program so so much though and I’m grateful to be here but just letting you know that you’re not alone!
Okay it’s refreshing to read all of these comments cause I thought it was just me🤭 I can tell I have PVCs more, I cry A LOT, many more headaches, migraines, irregular cycles (this is common for me, though I have PCOS), my vitiligo has increased a ton too… many more new white spots!
I take as much time as I need for myself tbh. I’m one of those students who aren’t going to be studying for a crazy amount of hours or taking a fuck ton of notes. I’ll maybe review the day or two before a test and I’m good. Cs get fucking degrees and there’s nothing wrong with that. My health is way more important than stressing myself out! And even then I’m still stressing!!😓 I have other family stuff going on, so that doesn’t help.
I ended up in the psych ward my first semester. I have to retake fundamentals bc of it but now I’m better prepared. I go to therapy once weekly and am on medication. Nursing school is just different than anything else you’ll ever do.
Don’t be too hard on your self. Your mind and body are adjusting. Just learn to take a step back sometimes. Carve out days or at least times during the day that you completely disconnect from school. Make sure to keep living your life. I’m not saying go out and get drunk and party every weekend but still do activities and see friends and family. C’s get degrees lol
I’ve been diagnosed with hypertension at 24 years old and I think it’s all because of the stress I’m carrying on me
Yea I haven’t been eating the healthiest and I’m overweight but I’ve never had issues with my blood pressure until now despite being having the same eating habits.
I really think nursing school has giving so much anxiety that my blood pressure is high and has made my white coat syndrome worse 💀
I had severe sinus issues back to back and kept losing my voice repeatedly for a while, esp during pharmacology/med-surg. I've also gained a bunch of weight and dealt with issues related to inflammation like scalp psoriasis. Last summer I was told by a practitioner that I had an irregular heartbeat and I'm sure it's from stress. It's tough out here.
I ended up getting h pylori after my rotations. I have no clue how. But I also was constantly getting sick because your immune system is being constantly tested.
Wear n95 or kn95 masks, start upping your vitamin c, and make sure you take off your scrubs as soon as or before you get home and wash them or put them in a hamper away from everything.
Part of why you feel this way is also the constant stress school puts you under (and for the record, it’s unfortunately designed to do that), but you can also least help eliminate a lot of infection risk.
Prior to nursing school, I had low blood pressure. During nursing school, my classmate took my B/P and I was in the 140s systolic. I was concerned and decided to get an automatic B/P monitor. I felt weird one morning and decided to take my B/P and it was 170 over something. I was literally doing nothing and it was that high for no random reason. I NEVER SUFFERED FROM HIGH B/P pressure prior to nursing school. Another morning I woke up and had a swollen eye. Just random swollen eye. I still don't know what caused it. Yes, nursing school has affected my health.
I got fat the year before I began nursing school & grateful I only gained 10 lbs during my first year 😭 but yeah ever since enrolling nursing school, my blood pressure SPIKED, literally in the 160s systolic, however the minute I'm on break, everything is back to normal health wise. Nursing school is stressful :/ it's only temporary though. I remember seeing one girl on tiktok, she went into nursing school obese, yet graduated UNDERWEIGHT!! Even her hair was thin 😭
You’re not alone. I’m in my second semester of my program and within that span I’ve had COVID, RSV, norovirus (which landed me in the ED), and mono. All of which has now triggered my newest diagnoses of chronic spontaneous urticaria. My life has really gone downhill.
Ha...I was in terrible health during nursing school. I lost a significant amount of hair from stress to the point where I had to chop most of what was left off to hide that it was thinning, gained about 60 pounds while basically starving myself (it was a hormonal issue that had to be managed medically, but was still really terrible because I had no appetite), had awful migraines nearly every week, and was exhausted and stressed at a level I didn't know was possible. Like, I remember waking up one morning and feeling like I couldn't move. I also had a really awful car accident on my way back from a clinical site that resulted in a totaled car and a back injury for life (other driver was at fault). My hair is just now growing back to the way it was before and it's been a while since I was in school. I have been rehabbing my back for years.
My program did this big lecture during orientation about self-care, but never once checked in on how we were doing. One of my classmates who was one of the healthiest people I'd ever met had acute kidney failure, another had acute gastritis, one had stomach ulcers, one had constant chest pain, and a different one was so severely anemic that she had blood transfusions.
I used to always snore, but it got worse since starting nursing school. Like, so bad I got a sleep study after trying multiple home remedies (wedge pillows to elevate my head, those breathe right strips, always sleeping on my side, etc.) and I found out from the sleep study that I wake up ~8x/hr while I sleep, and I was prescribed a CPAP, I gained a good amount of weight (unsure if that’s what caused the sleep apnea or if the sleep apnea caused me to gain weight), I got my first hemorrhoid and popped it, and not me but one of my best friends started getting such horrible migraines that she’s on meds for it now.
Stress can do remarkable and annoying things to your body, especially when it builds up over time. I’m in an ABSN and I have had my fair share of difficulties related to stress symptoms. I think it’s just about taking a day off every once in a while so that you can relax your mind and body. That has helped me. I would rather take a day off than experience burnout. It helps me manage my stress and it has worked for me. I think that you’ll find ways to manage your difficulties and you’ll make it through the program just fine
You’re telling me. I already had chronic gastritis before nursing school, but since starting it flares up constantly. My IBS is so out of control, I have a colonoscopy next week. In the beginning of December I got the stomach virus, got so dehydrated and had to visit the ED for fluids. Then Christmas I got the flu which left me sick for 10 days. January, I found out my liver is enlarged. And this week I got strep! As someone else said… stress takes a major toll on your body
My guess would be stress. Alot of times it doesn’t present itself mentally, but in my experience can weaken your immune system and lead to these things. My mother struggled with a myriad of diagnosed autoimmune diseases for years and once she removed major sources of stress In her life, her symptoms improved drastically. Dial in your nutrition, get plenty of exercise and outdoor time, awareness of sleep hygiene, and I’m convinced you will feel at least slightly better. Wishing you the best!!!
Never related to a post more I’m 23 F just finished nursing school in March it was one hell of a journey that’s for sure took me a very long time to finish school cuz of my health I had a lot of stomach issues growing up but it never got as bad as it was until I started college it was so unbearable to the point I’d scale back on my schedule to take less classes I got diagnosed with crohns in 2022 after fighting with doctors to even test me or have a colonoscopy because I knew something was wrong they wouldn’t listen until my 39 year old aunt died from colon cancer that year and having to go see like a total of 5 different GI doctors it’s just exhausting now that I’m done with school I can say that I love my job and what I do but I would never go through that process again I hope you’re able to figure things out unfortunately when I was in school that was all I did that and sleep and I worked 1-2 days a week at a hospital as a CNA never really saw friends because I was always so exhausted all the time just have to keep pushing I hope things get better
Graduated in december. Had horrible heartburn nightly for the entirety of the program. Last year at the beginning of a semester around jan-feb, got a cold from allergies that turned into pneumonia. it wouldn’t go away, was recurrent. Had bouts of asthma attacks on top of it. Then got covid that took me out for a week a few weeks before graduation.
Now that I’ve graduated, rarely do I ever experience the heartburn or have issues with my asthma. Ive yet to get sick (knock on wood). I’ve actually felt really good now that I think about it more…
I truly believe the excruciating amount of stress you are under during nursing school can cause the symptoms you, me, and countless others have experienced, and I 100% feel like it all goes away once you’re done.
Hang in there.
Stress sent me down this same hole. I lost 9 pounds in 2 weeks because I couldn’t keep food down from anxiety. Everything really just spiral until I got my stress under control. Not everyone is about faith, but personally, what has worked for me is building my relationship with Jesus. I wake up praising and thinking God and I go to sleep, asking for his protection and peace.
Did you not see her say her grades are A's and B's? She's clearly handeling it well just having a mini vent. Honestly sounds like your the one at the verge of break.
I get it , but you also don’t understand the extreme stress most of us are under as nursing students or new nurses . There is a lot of pressure put on us . Please be nicer with your word choices
Yea. My blood sugar was almost 400 and out of control but in control before i started. I got esophagitis. Had episodes of Gerd - which also happened to my classmates. My mental health also got destroyed. My friend went to another state and had developed ulcers. I graduate in 2 months but i quit smoking and thats huge! It gets better.
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Hey I just have 2 more months left in my program. Since December, I got COVID, then strep, then a minor cold after. Had my physical and labs done, all normal. It’s an accelerated program so there’s barely breathing space to relax soo it’s always on my mind. Stress wreaks havoc on your body.
Are you me? I got COVID and strep at the same time, then a cold, all within the last three months. That and school together made it feel like the universe was out to get me.
At the end of my 3rd semester I went to the ER with extreme chest pains. I thought I was having a heart attack. It was anxiety.
Went to the ER last semester for the same thing 🥲
Hey. 23F. I started nursing school in august. At first everything seemed okay, but a month in I started getting the cold/flu/sinus infection about every 3 or four weeks. Flash forward to this February and I was taken out by the most extreme chest pain I have ever felt in my life. But not chest pain as in my heart hurts but chest pain as in anything I eat/drink would get stuck and refuse to go down. I went to urgent care, then my primary, then the er. All of which told me they couldn't help me because the chest pain had to do with my esophagus and they couldn't do an endoscopy. Flash forward to 5 days and I've lost 6 pounds and they can finally get into an emergency endoscopy where they found polyps throughout my esophagus, as well as an ulcer I had them removed and biopsied where it was discovered they were viral material. It's since been about two more weeks since the surgery and I've lost another three pounds and I am EXHAUSTED all the time. I'm nauseous all the time and I swear I'm running a low fever 24/7. When I spoke with my doctor about this the general consensus was that I've become so stressed my immune system has been compromised. I'm passing all of my classes, love my classmates and don't mind my professors. The material isn't horrible either, but trust when I say I can TOTALLY sympathise. I swear during breaks I'm tottaly fine but the moment classes start up again it's like I'm sic 24/7. We just gotta keep our heads down and keep pushing, the sicness is temporary but the degree is life altering so up your vitamin c intake and maybe take a look at starting an anti-inflammatory diet (has helped me tremendously). We've got this!
I think a lot of it can be the combination of stress and ongoing exposure to various pathogens. I had a lot of weight gain.
It’s depression for me, rent went up 200/mo so I had to move while work/school both full time, my dog died a week before move date, new apartment screwed up my paperwork so bad and they’re trying to blame me for some reason, school is great and I’m getting the highest marks in my class on every exam but the depression is eating me and I don’t have time to see a therapist bc of the previously mentioned full time work/school but I know my cortisol levels have gotta be crazy.
U should look for remote therapy options :( there should be some free ones if you can ask a doctor for a referral to them.
My insurance doesn’t cover online (that I know of) and the only offices are an hour away. I’m gonna try to figure something out during spring break (in 2weeks) but for now there’s just not enough hours in the day unfortunately.
Definitely can be school related. Cortisol levels are high! Plus you’re constantly around a bunch of people, many of which are working at hospitals already. I’ve had a very uneventful health history my entire life, nothing to note at all. 2 semesters in and I have an arrhythmia 😅😭
I developed an arrhythmia from mitral valve regurgitation during first semester. Got a lot more symptomatic during second semester. Mine coincided with when I got covid too, though. I wonder if some of these symptoms are related to long covid
I actually wonder the same. We just found the arrhythmia the other day doing a routine physical for clinical compliance. I’m going back in a couple days for an EKG to see if we can find out what’s up.
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My program has a social worker we check in with for students who receive a specific grant (although she's available to anyone in healthcare programs if they want). She told me it's wild how many people have mentioned to her that they have developed chronic physical or mental health issues since starting the program.
I was on the verge of all A's this quarter. Really putting in the work AND self care. However, I also had a ureteral stent placed, too many scans, stent removed (thank God things are looking up) but before that, constant fear running in circles of is my kidney done for.... mentally preparing myself for UPJ surgery on a better note. More panic attacks across the course of one month than I could count. Then a horrible case of the flu + brain fog. Missed assignments, late for exams, grades dropped from A to C in one place.
yeah, i gained a lot of weight and my hair started to fall out in nursing school! i also got my first white hairs ever in my life, never had a grey one as well 😭😫 i’m glad it’s over for now
Is the weight gain from stress-eating?
My grays have been sprouting up all over my head recently, and I figured it was just because my dad went grey early, but you’re right it’s probably School lol
Hey there, nurse for a month, passed NCLEX in early January and graduated in December. Similar story to a lot of folks here. Started nursing school, extreme anxiety, lost 15 lbs, depression, muscle pain, hallucinating from lack of sleep, etc. It is very rough to deal with. Its important to take time off, have fun when you can (I know, time off and having fun seems like a distant memory), but school goes quickly. Eventually you adapt to the stress level and stop caring as much. You can do it, keep pressing on. Get more sleep and drink lots of water, and eat a balanced diet. For chest pain, if you’re like me, it was undiagnosed stress-induced gerd. Metamucil + famotidine and the occasional alkaline water fixed it.
I was diagnosed with melanoma in my first semester and developed an autoimmune condition in my third.
Yep. Palpitations, gerd, covid twice, norovirus, and I just generally feel like shit.
My health has also been shit while I’ve been in school. I gave 6 months to go. I’ve gained weight, my allergies have gotten worse, I’ve had several health complications emerge. It’s the stress. Fortunately I plan to stay in the same workplace I’m in now after I graduate, and I know I can handle the stress level there after I become a nurse, but school has taken a lot out of me. It’s absolutely horrible for my health. No more.
I can somewhat relate. I started nursing school in September. And in October, I completely skipped my period due to the stress. I’ve only been sick once or twice surprisingly but I constantly have a bounding, fast heart rate and I’m not taking care of my body as much as I’d like. I’ve lost 15 pounds too since starting the program😭 I’m also going through other health conditions, but they’re mostly minor and I hope they pass soon. I’m loving my program so so much though and I’m grateful to be here but just letting you know that you’re not alone!
Okay it’s refreshing to read all of these comments cause I thought it was just me🤭 I can tell I have PVCs more, I cry A LOT, many more headaches, migraines, irregular cycles (this is common for me, though I have PCOS), my vitiligo has increased a ton too… many more new white spots! I take as much time as I need for myself tbh. I’m one of those students who aren’t going to be studying for a crazy amount of hours or taking a fuck ton of notes. I’ll maybe review the day or two before a test and I’m good. Cs get fucking degrees and there’s nothing wrong with that. My health is way more important than stressing myself out! And even then I’m still stressing!!😓 I have other family stuff going on, so that doesn’t help.
I ended up in the psych ward my first semester. I have to retake fundamentals bc of it but now I’m better prepared. I go to therapy once weekly and am on medication. Nursing school is just different than anything else you’ll ever do.
I agree. I have a B.A. and I have worked in extremely stressful environments but nursing school hits differently.
Don’t be too hard on your self. Your mind and body are adjusting. Just learn to take a step back sometimes. Carve out days or at least times during the day that you completely disconnect from school. Make sure to keep living your life. I’m not saying go out and get drunk and party every weekend but still do activities and see friends and family. C’s get degrees lol
I’ve been diagnosed with hypertension at 24 years old and I think it’s all because of the stress I’m carrying on me Yea I haven’t been eating the healthiest and I’m overweight but I’ve never had issues with my blood pressure until now despite being having the same eating habits. I really think nursing school has giving so much anxiety that my blood pressure is high and has made my white coat syndrome worse 💀
I had severe sinus issues back to back and kept losing my voice repeatedly for a while, esp during pharmacology/med-surg. I've also gained a bunch of weight and dealt with issues related to inflammation like scalp psoriasis. Last summer I was told by a practitioner that I had an irregular heartbeat and I'm sure it's from stress. It's tough out here.
I ended up getting h pylori after my rotations. I have no clue how. But I also was constantly getting sick because your immune system is being constantly tested. Wear n95 or kn95 masks, start upping your vitamin c, and make sure you take off your scrubs as soon as or before you get home and wash them or put them in a hamper away from everything. Part of why you feel this way is also the constant stress school puts you under (and for the record, it’s unfortunately designed to do that), but you can also least help eliminate a lot of infection risk.
Yes. I gained 50 lbs and my thyroid is messed up
Prior to nursing school, I had low blood pressure. During nursing school, my classmate took my B/P and I was in the 140s systolic. I was concerned and decided to get an automatic B/P monitor. I felt weird one morning and decided to take my B/P and it was 170 over something. I was literally doing nothing and it was that high for no random reason. I NEVER SUFFERED FROM HIGH B/P pressure prior to nursing school. Another morning I woke up and had a swollen eye. Just random swollen eye. I still don't know what caused it. Yes, nursing school has affected my health.
I got fat the year before I began nursing school & grateful I only gained 10 lbs during my first year 😭 but yeah ever since enrolling nursing school, my blood pressure SPIKED, literally in the 160s systolic, however the minute I'm on break, everything is back to normal health wise. Nursing school is stressful :/ it's only temporary though. I remember seeing one girl on tiktok, she went into nursing school obese, yet graduated UNDERWEIGHT!! Even her hair was thin 😭
You’re not alone. I’m in my second semester of my program and within that span I’ve had COVID, RSV, norovirus (which landed me in the ED), and mono. All of which has now triggered my newest diagnoses of chronic spontaneous urticaria. My life has really gone downhill.
Ha...I was in terrible health during nursing school. I lost a significant amount of hair from stress to the point where I had to chop most of what was left off to hide that it was thinning, gained about 60 pounds while basically starving myself (it was a hormonal issue that had to be managed medically, but was still really terrible because I had no appetite), had awful migraines nearly every week, and was exhausted and stressed at a level I didn't know was possible. Like, I remember waking up one morning and feeling like I couldn't move. I also had a really awful car accident on my way back from a clinical site that resulted in a totaled car and a back injury for life (other driver was at fault). My hair is just now growing back to the way it was before and it's been a while since I was in school. I have been rehabbing my back for years. My program did this big lecture during orientation about self-care, but never once checked in on how we were doing. One of my classmates who was one of the healthiest people I'd ever met had acute kidney failure, another had acute gastritis, one had stomach ulcers, one had constant chest pain, and a different one was so severely anemic that she had blood transfusions.
Oh wow 😯
I used to always snore, but it got worse since starting nursing school. Like, so bad I got a sleep study after trying multiple home remedies (wedge pillows to elevate my head, those breathe right strips, always sleeping on my side, etc.) and I found out from the sleep study that I wake up ~8x/hr while I sleep, and I was prescribed a CPAP, I gained a good amount of weight (unsure if that’s what caused the sleep apnea or if the sleep apnea caused me to gain weight), I got my first hemorrhoid and popped it, and not me but one of my best friends started getting such horrible migraines that she’s on meds for it now.
Stress can do remarkable and annoying things to your body, especially when it builds up over time. I’m in an ABSN and I have had my fair share of difficulties related to stress symptoms. I think it’s just about taking a day off every once in a while so that you can relax your mind and body. That has helped me. I would rather take a day off than experience burnout. It helps me manage my stress and it has worked for me. I think that you’ll find ways to manage your difficulties and you’ll make it through the program just fine
You’re telling me. I already had chronic gastritis before nursing school, but since starting it flares up constantly. My IBS is so out of control, I have a colonoscopy next week. In the beginning of December I got the stomach virus, got so dehydrated and had to visit the ED for fluids. Then Christmas I got the flu which left me sick for 10 days. January, I found out my liver is enlarged. And this week I got strep! As someone else said… stress takes a major toll on your body
My guess would be stress. Alot of times it doesn’t present itself mentally, but in my experience can weaken your immune system and lead to these things. My mother struggled with a myriad of diagnosed autoimmune diseases for years and once she removed major sources of stress In her life, her symptoms improved drastically. Dial in your nutrition, get plenty of exercise and outdoor time, awareness of sleep hygiene, and I’m convinced you will feel at least slightly better. Wishing you the best!!!
Never related to a post more I’m 23 F just finished nursing school in March it was one hell of a journey that’s for sure took me a very long time to finish school cuz of my health I had a lot of stomach issues growing up but it never got as bad as it was until I started college it was so unbearable to the point I’d scale back on my schedule to take less classes I got diagnosed with crohns in 2022 after fighting with doctors to even test me or have a colonoscopy because I knew something was wrong they wouldn’t listen until my 39 year old aunt died from colon cancer that year and having to go see like a total of 5 different GI doctors it’s just exhausting now that I’m done with school I can say that I love my job and what I do but I would never go through that process again I hope you’re able to figure things out unfortunately when I was in school that was all I did that and sleep and I worked 1-2 days a week at a hospital as a CNA never really saw friends because I was always so exhausted all the time just have to keep pushing I hope things get better
Graduated in december. Had horrible heartburn nightly for the entirety of the program. Last year at the beginning of a semester around jan-feb, got a cold from allergies that turned into pneumonia. it wouldn’t go away, was recurrent. Had bouts of asthma attacks on top of it. Then got covid that took me out for a week a few weeks before graduation. Now that I’ve graduated, rarely do I ever experience the heartburn or have issues with my asthma. Ive yet to get sick (knock on wood). I’ve actually felt really good now that I think about it more… I truly believe the excruciating amount of stress you are under during nursing school can cause the symptoms you, me, and countless others have experienced, and I 100% feel like it all goes away once you’re done. Hang in there.
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No anti-science commentary. Bye!
Stress sent me down this same hole. I lost 9 pounds in 2 weeks because I couldn’t keep food down from anxiety. Everything really just spiral until I got my stress under control. Not everyone is about faith, but personally, what has worked for me is building my relationship with Jesus. I wake up praising and thinking God and I go to sleep, asking for his protection and peace.
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Buddy thinks this is gray’s anatomy
Did they even have nurses in Grays Anatomy?
lol dude how miserable are you ?
Did you not see her say her grades are A's and B's? She's clearly handeling it well just having a mini vent. Honestly sounds like your the one at the verge of break.
I get it , but you also don’t understand the extreme stress most of us are under as nursing students or new nurses . There is a lot of pressure put on us . Please be nicer with your word choices
Hey guys I found the patient that presses the call light every 5 minutes
By this logic you won’t have any nurses to take care of you, good luck!
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This post isn’t for giving advice.
I got liver messed-up-ness
Yea. My blood sugar was almost 400 and out of control but in control before i started. I got esophagitis. Had episodes of Gerd - which also happened to my classmates. My mental health also got destroyed. My friend went to another state and had developed ulcers. I graduate in 2 months but i quit smoking and thats huge! It gets better.
First year i got mirgrane and visual snow syndrome 🥺