Neurosis as a medical term is widely used in China as one of the neurological (functional) disorders, which, unlike psychosis schizophrenia, belongs to two major groups of diseases. Neurosis refers to the weakening of the brain’s ability to perform mental activities due to chronic emotional stress and mental pressure, and is mainly characterized by mental arousal and brain fatigue, poor sleep, memory loss, headaches and other physical discomfort. Most cases develop between the ages of 16-40.
There is no significant difference in the onset of the disease between the two sexes, and those who are engaged in mental work are prone to the onset. The disease can be prolonged for several years or even decades if not treated properly. Symptoms may reappear or worsen if new psychological factors or insufficient rest are encountered. However, with active and timely treatment by a psychiatric neurologist, the symptoms may worsen.
However, with active and timely treatment by psychiatrists, patients are instructed to eliminate the causes of the disease and treat it correctly. Relatively speaking, patients with this disease have a generally introverted personality that is sensitive and perfectionist, and some of their friends jokingly say that they often have an artist’s temperament.
The patient is often called by friends to have the temperament of an artist. The main clinical manifestations of neurasthenia: 1, easily excited, easily provoked, easily fatigued. 2, such as serious reading and learning for a long time, then feel swollen, dizzy; inattentive memory loss. 3.Headache, location is not fixed. 4.Sleep disorder, mostly difficulty in falling asleep, waking up early, or not easy to fall back to sleep after waking up, more nightmares night terrors. 5.Phytokinetic disorder, tachycardia, sweating, anorexia, constipation, diarrhea, menstrual disorders, premature ejaculation. 6.Tendency to suspect somatic diseases. Of course, because the specificity of the diagnostic criteria of neurasthenia is not very strong, it is easy to cross with other disease units. For example, there was a period of time when neurasthenia patients were classified internationally as mild depression. In my clinical opinion, the humanistic content of neurasthenia diagnosis is much better than the “cold” depression diagnosis. Above the medication: 1, neurasthenia is generally based on psychotherapy. 2. Psychotherapy is based on explaining and supporting “positive energy” treatment, eliminating the patient’s suspicion and allowing the patient to understand the process of neurasthenia and the relationship with psychological events. 3, drugs play a sedative and calming effect, small doses of anti-anxiety drugs or antidepressants are effective, generally do not use expensive drugs, so as not to affect the mood. 4.Physical therapy such as acupuncture and massage can be combined appropriately. 5, in order to improve the effectiveness of the treatment should be a reasonable arrangement of work and rest system, adhere to the exercise, appropriate participation in sports and cultural activities. Friends who are older may remember that during the 1950s and 1960s, there were groups of people sitting together for group psychotherapy and mutual guidance treatment, and nowadays our square group dance works well, attracting foreigners who travel to stop and watch with great interest. In short, the prognosis of neurasthenia is still good, in today’s social transformation of the public, especially the white-collar intellectual grassroots, we still need to pay attention to mental health eh.