sorry to hear your struggiling - it is horrible to realize we can't do things, the trying is exhausting and defeating... (((BIG HUG))) Been there, in fact, continue to go there...

For me, I would love everyone to understand - its human, to want understanding.... I try to understand my family and friends, understand their frustration and love, and how they wish they could fix me - too!

Are you stable? Meds can be adjusted, I have found a great med at too high a dose, I can't read or concentrate - but adjusting it to a working level - but not too high, I can function BETTER!

You do not sound like your doing well - so, maybe the meds need to be changed or adjusted AGAIN! You can keep trying - and will need too! This is a ongoing fight in life....

We are here for you, and we do understand! If you don't go to school, what will you do? No school or job is torture too me, all that empty time - makes me worse......

Do you want to be an architect? Or is all your plans, your mothers dreams and not yours?

Wishing you peace and comfort ASAP!!!!

Keep trying as long as you can a college education is very important for the job market in the day and age.. even if you make all c's as long as you get that degree that is the main thing. Keep trying even if you have to repeat several years.

I dropped out of school for a good job, and now I wish I would have stayed in. I am without a job now and living on disability and it's not enough to live on my own with so I have to stay with my parents and I am 30 years old.. It's not a good situation.

Keep going it will pay off

I'm in school too and not motivated at all. However, I have the student loans to think about and I don't want to be paying them off with no education to speak of.

I just put one foot in front of the other and do the best I can. I'm not getting any younger and I do want this degree.

Why not contact your colleges disability office and see if they can help you? I've never used it, but hear they can help you when you have a disability I think all you need is a letter from your pdoc saying you need extra help.

You can do this, don't drop out.

Thnx for ur support everyone , but one of my professors said if u have an illness that won't go away then u don't deserve to be in college , I really wanted to smack him at that moment.

It took me a few tries to get my bachelors degree. I tried taking encounters, once withdrew failing from some...up to the point of the final disgrace, expulsion!

Try to see what resources you have...who can support you during college...help you to maintain am even keel.

I'm sure your mum only wants the best for you...and will love you no matter what the difficulty you are in. Let her in on your struggle, if you think it right.

Key is not to give up on yourself altogether!

Everything in life is temporary!! A passing moment and situation.

Talk to your university advisor and counseling center. It is easy to get overwhelmed when a student!

I found that I severely lacked basic study skills. I also had undiagnosed ADHD. It takes me forever to organize, complete simple tasks...frustrating...

Press on.

Press on.

((hugs))

Smack that prof upside the head with a textbook.

Accommodations?

You do have rights...a long as you are in the US, at least.

No one can make you feel inferior without your own consent. Eleanor Roosevelt.

Great big hug for you sweetie.. If you need some time off while you're ill I'd ask you doctor to write a letter to the school to tell them you're on a medical leave..
Once you're stable sweetie you can pick up where you left off even if you have to repeat some classes..
There's no reason to give up just take a little time to get well...x

Oh u poor baby. Talk to ur present pdoc, if u have a good raport and discuss ur present situation. Meds can be changed, and help stablize you. Or find a new pdoc, and therapist to help you. I encourage you wholeheartedly to continue with your education,
I'm a 56 yr.old woman, who worked for 30 yrs. when I had a major depressive episode, and was diagnosed bp. Unfortunately, I went to a pdoc, who I believed was helping me, I was brainwashed by him into applying and going on disablity. I feel that if I had changed pdocs at that time and gotten on appropriate meds I could've continued to work. I am a registered nurse, have a bachelor's degree, and was working on my master's degree. I ended up on disability when I was about 50, and have not been able to get hired, the old job, well, I should've fought them through equal opportunity emplooyment and I could have continued working, with their support. I found all this out after I was on disablity, and too much time had lapsed for me to sue my former employer, who basically made it impossible fror me to work. On disablity, after working full-time positions I get a check for $1800/month. This is really not enough to live on the way I was use to. Fortunately, or unfortunately, at 56 I live with my 83yr. old parents, and will through inheritence be able to support myself. I beg you do not let the school or that stupid professor discourage or belittle you. You are smart and intelligent and have already proved it by the proof of your previous grades. The American Disablity Act, supports you. Please, you are young do not let anybody, tell you that you cannot work or go to school, fight it with all you got. It aint gonna be easy, but you deserve to be treated with respect. It sounds like you have the support of your parents too, please give it one more try. I have confidence in you. The picture right now might seem grim, but you can do it. Be strong. Don't let others judge you. I will pray u will be able to complete your education, and be able to work. Good Luck! many hugs, tedi

can you take time off without dropping out?

like, defer?

What a horrible instructor. They are supposed to help motivate and encourage us to stay in school Don't even listen to that crap.

NO! Don't keep trying and struggling to finish college if you are failing! It will ruin your GPA and any chances you have at getting funding! I know it happened to me!

Take some time off and focus on your mental health. Then when you feel up to it again go back to college.

Don't make the same mistake I made!

Every school should have a disabilities coordinator. They should, under the ADA be able to provide you with reasonable accommodations. What are reasonable accommodations? They are things that you set in place so that when you are not well, you can get the help you need. Read more about them from Boston University's Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation http://www.bu.edu/cpr/reasaccom/whatareras.html

And that instructor had no right to say what he did to you. It just goes to show you how uneducated and narrow minded some educated people can be.

Nevernude : I already had last year postponed and I can't postpone another year.

Your professor is an A*&! You don't have to put up with that. Go to Student Support Services or the Disability office and meet with a counsellor. They can lay out your options. Also you will need a report from your p-doc.. Rather than flunking out or being suspended they can intervene in the process of taking a year off.

Even if you're postponed a year before there are ways to address your condition. Reasonable accomodations or time off. They can't penalise you for taking needed time if you're ill. I speak from experience. It took me 6 years to finish my BA, and it's taken almost 10 to get through my M.A. Don't give up and don't be discouraged.

We're here to help and support you.