I have not ventured back into any college courses. My direction in life has changed. I did take some courses before I started my business about 6 years ago and I take art/painting/graphic courses.

I have always had a difficult time with memory for some things but it actually seems a bit easier now that I have more coping skills and understand my learning style.

Good luck with your ventures T. xo

I've never really stopped taking courses. I went back for a cert at 30, a masters at 35 and I'll start the second half of another masterrs this spring.

One interesting thinga bout school and bp. I'd occasionally stink up exams and papers when the depressions hit. But you get to average things out in school.

I'd recommend going back as an adult. All of the things that you learned in the schoolk of hard knocks that is life, those things make you strong when you go back.

This post was a good idea. There are quite a few adult beepers on my friends list who go to school. Start talking to everyone you can.

You never know what you can achieve unless you go out and try.....

I go and take continuing education courses......

Our brains arent officially mush just because we have bipolar disorder!!!! Is there an order out there that says we cant further our education????

FUCK EM! Show EM JUst how BRILLIANT WE CAN BE!

ICARUS PROJECT..GOOGLE THAT!!!!!!

There are a lot of young people on there who are really, really smart!! :)

Sorry.......I didn't read that post right. Just chalk me up as NOT that smart...

congratulations on going back to school...that is not an easy thing. I went back to school in my 30's and in my 40's. I am a teacher by trade and have to be taking courses most of the time. I have also taught adult students.

Your college may have a support group for older learners even if it's on-line. I took one course in Women's Studies on-line and they had an on-line support group for adult learners just to communicate and hang out with. I met many valuable people that way.

I will be turning 32 next month and I recently went back to school almost a year ago. So far my cumulative GPA is a 4.0. So it can be done! There was a time when I got an F in an art class, because my teacher was a Nazi that marked me down for being late too many times. I also got kicked out of beauty school for not getting along with all the bitches there. I am on a better med combo now and I am never late, and I get along with everyone fine. I am studying accounting now.

Good for you Nobody---Going back to school is sure to be rewarding. Just stick to it and study, study, study!

My husband is 50. He has had several severe major depressions and is currently still struggling but making it. BUT, he went back to school 2 years ago. He has 5 weeks left in his AA program to be a respiratory therapist! He has received a lot of support, extra tutoring as well as an expensive computer program that he uses to scan his texts into so the computer can read it back to him(he has dyslexia too).

resurrected.

does anyone else hate being called a damn beeper? seriously. i'd rather be called whack job or nut case, or lunatic, ok, maybe not, but bp1 or bp2 is shorter.

i was just wondering though how you are doing? i'm 6 months away from graduation.

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