What is neurosis?

  Neurosis is a neurological disorder in which the mind is easily excited and the brain is easily fatigued, often accompanied by emotional worries and some psychophysiological symptoms. The onset is more frequent in young adults, and more common in brain workers, such as clinical students, teachers, drivers, doctors, writers, etc. Persistent mental work, lack of sleep, long-term strain or mental stimulation, such as family disputes, romantic frustration, career failure or interpersonal tension can easily cause neurasthenia.  The clinical manifestations of neurasthenia patients are complex, and the main manifestations are usually considered to be easy excitement and irritation; easy brain fatigue, such as reading and studying for a long time, then feeling swollen and dizzy; lack of concentration; headache and irregularity of the site; sleep disorders, mostly difficulty in falling asleep, waking up early, or not easy to fall back to sleep after waking up, more nightmares; disorders of plant nerve function, tachycardia, sweating, anorexia, constipation, diarrhea, menstrual Secondary hypochondriac concept, which can be summarized into six categories: (1) lack of brain power, mental lethargy: patients often feel a lack of energy, depression, can not use the brain, or brain sluggishness, can not focus on attention, memory loss, work efficiency decline.  (2) sensitivity to internal and external stimuli: (1) no organic lesion exists; (2) the more the patient pays attention to a certain area or symptom, the more obvious the pain becomes; if the patient’s attention is diverted, the pain is significantly reduced or even eliminated; (3) the distribution of the painful area does not necessarily correspond to the anatomical area, and the location is not fixed or may change; (4) the patient’s description of the symptoms are many and varied, making it difficult for people to understand what is wrong with him. (3) Mood swings and irritability  (3) Mood swings, irritability, lack of patience: (1) irritability and worries; (2) irritability and anger.  (4) Tension pain: usually caused by tension, with tension headache being the most common. Patients feel head heaviness, head swelling, tight pressure sensation in the head, or stiffness in the neck, and some also show muscle pain in the lower back and extremities. The degree of this pain is not significantly related to exertion and cannot be relieved even by rest. The manifestation of pain is also often complex, and can manifest as continuous pain, or intermittent pain, and some patients also manifest as dull pain or stabbing pain. In general, tension pain manifests itself in a wide range of neurological patients, but is closely related to emotional tension.  (5) Insomnia and dreaminess: Patients with neurasthenia often complain of “sleeplessness”, typically: before going to bed, they seem to be drowsy, but after going to bed, their brains are not quiet, their minds are active, and they can’t think, so they are anxious, and the more anxious they are, the more they can’t sleep. often ineffective. At this time, the patient is particularly sensitive to all kinds of sound and light stimuli around, the ticking of the clock, the sound of car horns, footsteps, other people’s snoring, outdoor lights, music, etc., will become the reason for insomnia, the patient hates not to have any light and sound around. But even in a very quiet environment, the patient will have a “reason” for insomnia, such as his own heartbeat will also be annoyed unable to sleep, so tossing and turning for several hours to sleep, and soon, the rooster should get up again at dawn.  (6) Psychophysiological disorders: Some patients with neurasthenia, the main complaint (the patient’s most painful and main symptoms) may not be the five above, but a group of symptoms of psychological disorders, such as dizziness, blurred vision, panic, chest tightness, shortness of breath, frequent urination, excessive sweating, impotence, premature ejaculation, menstrual irregularities, etc., which can easily cover up the basic symptoms of the disease. Anxiety is one of the basic symptoms in many patients. Anxiety may be a secondary symptom of easy fatigue, memory impairment, and insomnia. Patients often worry or fret excessively about certain problems in real life, and also about certain dangers that may occur in the future and are difficult to anticipate.  For the treatment of neurasthenia, in addition to the use of necessary medications such as anxiolytics and brain metabolism improvers, the main focus is on psychotherapy. Through explanation and guidance, we help patients to correct their understanding of the disease, not to be overly nervous and anxious, to understand the causes and pathogenesis of the disease and the knowledge of treatment, and to build up confidence to overcome the disease. All in all, it is best for people suffering from neurasthenia to undergo a comprehensive treatment of psychological, medication and rest arrangements under the guidance of a psychiatrist, then you may find that neurasthenia disappears one day.