comboplayer
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I am a non-trad who was a car mechanic before deciding I wanted to become a doctor. I love working with my hands. Furthermore, I have 5 kids and a wife currently and want to make sure I can afford to give them a good future.
This has lead me to looking at surgical specialties the most. However, I have Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Its not as terrible as some, I am able to still complete all my necessary tasks and if I wouldn't tell you that I have this disorder then you likely would never know. I have still been able to do well on all my exams and interviews, etc. I would say the biggest issue I face is that I frequently get insomnia due to running anxious thoughts.
My questions are:
1) Are there any surgeons that you all know of that have an anxiety disorder? What is their experience and how do they cope?
2) If I do surgery, would plastics be the best option for me? It seems like they have a slightly less intensive residency compared to other surgical residencies and post residency has a very good work life balance, even better than primary care.
This has lead me to looking at surgical specialties the most. However, I have Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Its not as terrible as some, I am able to still complete all my necessary tasks and if I wouldn't tell you that I have this disorder then you likely would never know. I have still been able to do well on all my exams and interviews, etc. I would say the biggest issue I face is that I frequently get insomnia due to running anxious thoughts.
My questions are:
1) Are there any surgeons that you all know of that have an anxiety disorder? What is their experience and how do they cope?
2) If I do surgery, would plastics be the best option for me? It seems like they have a slightly less intensive residency compared to other surgical residencies and post residency has a very good work life balance, even better than primary care.