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> Really Screwed Up
writinggopher: "I am 20 years old, a junior in college with a heavy course load, and am in the middle of med adjustments, which have been going on since October. I was diagnosed with depression when I was 12, and have been on at least 7 different antidepressants, two sleep aids, and now we're adding mood stabilizers to the mix. It wasn't until last year when I hit rock bottom and went into my pdoc's office in the middle of an episode that they figured out it was bipolar. It's hard enough with this new diagnosis, but being a college student makes it much more difficult. My newest challenge is deciding whether to tell my professors, which has to be done through the academic assistance office. This doesn't sound like that big a deal, but to me it is an admission of defeat. Any ideas?"

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