neurasthenia

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When he reached 20, he had literally burned out his adrenal glands and fell into a state of adrenal fatigue, or "neurasthenia" as two American 19th century neurologists had named it.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2017

Contra Burroughs, I see not so much a virus present as I do a kind of Americanitis, à la William James’ neurasthenia.

From Salon • Dec. 30, 2015

Stranger still were the medical ads that offered electric shock treatment to "cure" neurasthenia - a term encompassing a range of nervous complaints including shell shock.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2014

"But with Wagner, the danger became specifically associated with modern music and modern urban lifestyles in diagnosing the fashionable disease of the time, neurasthenia."

From The Guardian • May 22, 2013

Another loss: his eyes provided him with only half a view of the world, and reading caused his neurasthenia to flare up and made his temples throb.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson