Has the strain of academics ever made you physically sick ?

**MAJOR METAL** · #1 05-19-2008, 06:43 PM

Has the strain of academics ever made you physically sick ? I get chest pains and headaches.

i_got_a_mohawk · #2 05-19-2008, 06:46 PM

Last year I started getting heart palputations and cold sweats during the exam period. Thankfully it isnt something that lasted.

peterbright · #3 05-19-2008, 06:46 PM

No...I like the strain.

spade2you · #4 05-19-2008, 06:47 PM

Caused insomnia with me, which made me get run down, which made me more prone to getting sick. Yes.

tplyons · #5 05-19-2008, 06:48 PM

I thrive under pressure, so no.

I lose sleep and lose my temper more, but nothing physical.

Fontaine · #6 05-19-2008, 06:50 PM

I studied so much i had to get glasses!

Visirale · #7 05-19-2008, 06:54 PM

Not made me sick, but made me pick up some unhealthy habits.

First semester of my freshman year I put off all my papers until 2 days before finals. I had no choice but to stay up for it all. I knew I couldn't do it alone so I popped a BIG adderall (drug of choice at my college, it seems). I was absolutely wired and wrote some of the best papers of my life. I couldn't sleep or eat for the longest time. I stayed up and went to all my exams, then even went downtown and partied with my friends on our last night there of the semester until like 4 in the morning on saturday... that's a lot considering I woke up about 10 am on thursday.

I learned a lot from that experience, and decided to procrastinate a lot less second semester.

fdeck · #8 05-19-2008, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by MAJOR METAL

Has the strain of academics ever made you physically sick ? I get chest pains and headaches.

I have to ask you about coffee consumption. Stay healthy, and hang in there.

bassaficionado6 · #9 05-19-2008, 07:19 PM

Mainly I just get less sleep, and ocassionaly a cold. I don't really stress that much in the first place though. I hope its not too much worse when I go to college.

spade2you · #10 05-19-2008, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by tplyons

I thrive under pressure, so no.

I thrive on pressure, but intense classes and an intense internship was pretty rough. I got very run down in pharmacy school because I never got to have down time.

lbanks · #11 05-19-2008, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by MAJOR METAL

Has the strain of academics ever made you physically sick ? I get chest pains and headaches.

College Philosophy made me ill, but that was more of philosophical issue. Psych 201 drove me mad... part of the reason I just gave up and joined a road band. That and playing on the road was Hella more fun.

Lalabadie · #12 05-19-2008, 07:48 PM

Yes. But not often, and when it happens it's usually moderate.

TrooperFarva · #13 05-19-2008, 07:49 PM

I never felt strained in school. I did an incredible amount of work on my design projects in college, a ridiculous amount, but I never felt strained. I'm good under pressure.

Jared Lash · #14 05-19-2008, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by spade2you

I thrive on pressure, but intense classes and an intense internship was pretty rough. I got very run down in pharmacy school because I never got to have down time.

The only semester I ever had that would qualify was the same way. When you have stressful classes but get a chance to blow off steam (hitting a bar after a midterm etc) then it's manageable. But one semester I took 20 units of (if I remember correctly) 3rd semester of physics, 3rd semester of organic chemistry, biochemistry, financial accounting (big projects) and rhetoric (tons of reading/weekly papers) and I just never had a chance to catch my breath. Especially with 10 hours of labs in addition to lectures and discussion sections and a part time job. After every project/paper/midterm there was something else due in the next day or two.

When finals rolled around I studied on average about 14 hours a day for almost two weeks, not really eating and living on coffee and cigarettes. I did well, but I was a wreck by the end. Just physically and mentally drained.

BassMan250 · #15 05-19-2008, 08:04 PM

Makes a lot of people sick ... combinations of stress, lack of sleep (in a dorm environment especially), sometimes lackluster nutrition at the cafeterias, etc etc. This is just my freshman year of college but academics have put me under the weather several times ... just a thing where you either bite the bullet or find some magical way to avoid it.

spade2you · #16 05-19-2008, 08:14 PM

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The only semester I ever had that would qualify was the same way. When you have stressful classes but get a chance to blow off steam (hitting a bar after a midterm etc) then it's manageable. But one semester I took 20 units of (if I remember correctly) 3rd semester of physics, 3rd semester of organic chemistry, biochemistry, financial accounting (big projects) and rhetoric (tons of reading/weekly papers) and I just never had a chance to catch my breath. Especially with 10 hours of labs in addition to lectures and discussion sections and a part time job. After every project/paper/midterm there was something else due in the next day or two.

When finals rolled around I studied on average about 14 hours a day for almost two weeks, not really eating and living on coffee and cigarettes. I did well, but I was a wreck by the end. Just physically and mentally drained.

Heh, my problem was that I did that kind of routine for 5 friggin' years. By the end of year 5, I had to quit take a year off from drinking entirely. I also decided trying to minimize my debt was pointless and took out more loan money while cutting back drastically on my work hours. After a few months of a more healthy lifestyle, I hadn't felt that good in many years. Somehow I seemed to get smarter, too.

Heh, cram for test, live on coffee, take test, spend weekend drinking....I think it would kill me now.

bigfatbass · #17 05-19-2008, 08:21 PM

I permanently diminished my vision and gave myself an ulcer.

So, yes.

LiquidMidnight · #18 05-19-2008, 08:31 PM

I've always been a commuter. I went to the branch campus of my college for the first two years, which was only 25 minutes away from home. I went to main campus the final two years, which was an hour and a half away. For the first semester of my junior year and all during my senior year, I managed to schedule all of my classes on only two days. I wasn't so lucky my second junior semester; I had to be on campus five days a week. Ironically, this was the semester with the lightest course load I've ever taken (12 credits) and the only semester since my freshman year that I didn't work a part-time day gig. Between commuting, studying for school, and playing a heavy gig schedule, I ended up being sick with something almost every day. I either had a cold, stomach flu, headache, or something else. I was physically and emotionally exhausted after that semester.

**MAJOR METAL** · #19 05-19-2008, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by fdeck

I have to ask you about coffee consumption. Stay healthy, and hang in there.

I never developed a taste for coffee , infact I intake little to no cafeine. Seems the pain in the chest has moved to my arm.

Happynoj · #20 05-19-2008, 08:40 PM

A couple of weeks ago I had to perform a 5 minute solo in front of the rest of my year. I really didn't feel like I had prepared enough. I don't usually get nervous when I am playing, but for some reason, this time I was so nervous that I was actually sick before I went into the recital room. It wasn't even a marked performance, and didn't count towards my degree!

It turned out OK in the end. I made a couple of mistakes, but nothing major.