> Burning out all of the glucose and dopamine in your brain” isn’t a thing
You may be right that it can't happen from overwork--I've never heard of it--but glucose starvation of the brain is very much a thing. That's what hypoglycemia causes. Type 1 diabetic patients get brain fog when they take too much insulin (which causes hypoglycemia). When it's mild, they can tell it's happening and they seek sugar, which fixes the problem very quickly, if temporarily. When it's severe, they lapse into a coma and sometimes die.
If this person's diagnosis was accurate, sucking on a sugar cube would fix it instantly. If that didn't work then the diagnosis is suspect.
You may be right that it can't happen from overwork--I've never heard of it--but glucose starvation of the brain is very much a thing. That's what hypoglycemia causes. Type 1 diabetic patients get brain fog when they take too much insulin (which causes hypoglycemia). When it's mild, they can tell it's happening and they seek sugar, which fixes the problem very quickly, if temporarily. When it's severe, they lapse into a coma and sometimes die.
If this person's diagnosis was accurate, sucking on a sugar cube would fix it instantly. If that didn't work then the diagnosis is suspect.