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Hi, does anyone have any tips or advice for managing mental illness as a pre-med student?
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Dealing with mental illness during pre-med
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Make sure it is under control before you apply and matriculate into medical school. It only gets harder from here.
See a physician for management of your mental illnesses.
See a physician for management of your mental illnesses.
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By having a conversation with your psychiatrist and therapist not strangers on the internet.
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Basic advice would be to remain compliant with your medications and keep in touch with your psychiatrist. He or she would be a much better resource for managing your issues than a pre-med forum. Keep in mind, this route towards medicine can be unforgiving, so make sure you take care of your health first and foremost.
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1) Get help for it immediately
2) Carefully think about what you're getting into. Med school is a furnace and I've seen it break even healthy students.
3) I have serious doubts that someone with BPD would make it to interview, much last past interviews.
2) Carefully think about what you're getting into. Med school is a furnace and I've seen it break even healthy students.
3) I have serious doubts that someone with BPD would make it to interview, much last past interviews.
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Remember that your health comes first. While a career in medicine might be at the top of your list, you need to make room for physical and mental care. And remember that as you proceed through it, a pre-health curriculum is only going to get tougher.
This being said, I do not think that mental illness is always an immediate roadblock. I rely on counseling appointments to get through school with social anxiety and depression -- it's not easy, but it's doable. No one on this forum is going to be familiar with your specific circumstances, however.
Does your school have a wellness center? Is there anyone you can contact that can put you in touch with a counselor, a medical doctor, a relevant organization, etc.? I would definitely see what your options are first -- including whether those options will help or hinder you -- and go from there. And always remember that dropping out due to mental or physical strain is not a sign of weakness or failure; you're looking out for yourself, and that's the most important thing.
Best of luck.
This being said, I do not think that mental illness is always an immediate roadblock. I rely on counseling appointments to get through school with social anxiety and depression -- it's not easy, but it's doable. No one on this forum is going to be familiar with your specific circumstances, however.
Does your school have a wellness center? Is there anyone you can contact that can put you in touch with a counselor, a medical doctor, a relevant organization, etc.? I would definitely see what your options are first -- including whether those options will help or hinder you -- and go from there. And always remember that dropping out due to mental or physical strain is not a sign of weakness or failure; you're looking out for yourself, and that's the most important thing.
Best of luck.
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