To fail suddenly in health, mind, or strength
go to pieces, decline, fail, deteriorate, sicken, collapse, succumb, break down, go crazy, go mad, become insane, have a nervous breakdown, become psychotic, be committed to a hospital, be committed to an institution, fall apart, burn out, crack, flip out*, flip one's lid*, freak out*, go out of one's mind*, blow one's mind*, go off one's rocker*, go off the deep end*, come apart at the seams*, lose it*; see also derange 2, weaken 1.