Need Help - Waves of Depression?!
Question: Need Help - Waves of Depression!?
The story: I got into a great college, and did very well my first semester, I got a 3!.6 GPA!.
After this first semester, my grades started dropping slowly and slowly!. By second semester, I was down to a 3!.2!.!.!.a year later, I was receiving a warning letter for not keeping the required 3!.0 for my scholarship!.
As a biology major with plans to go to med school, I started freaking out!. I couldn't pull myself out of bed, and would cry at the drop of a hat!. With F's in all of my classes, my parents pulled me out of school and I decided to take a year off (with the urging of a psychiatrist)!. The psych put me on medication, and I started seeing a counselor!.!.!.A year later, I felt improvement and am taking classes now!. However, I still have the worst test anxiety ever!. No matter how much I study, I am making B's and C's!. My motivation comes in spurts, and I find myself crying at the drop of a hat like I did as a small child!. Has anyone dealt, or know someone who has dealt with something similarWww@Answer-Health@Com
After this first semester, my grades started dropping slowly and slowly!. By second semester, I was down to a 3!.2!.!.!.a year later, I was receiving a warning letter for not keeping the required 3!.0 for my scholarship!.
As a biology major with plans to go to med school, I started freaking out!. I couldn't pull myself out of bed, and would cry at the drop of a hat!. With F's in all of my classes, my parents pulled me out of school and I decided to take a year off (with the urging of a psychiatrist)!. The psych put me on medication, and I started seeing a counselor!.!.!.A year later, I felt improvement and am taking classes now!. However, I still have the worst test anxiety ever!. No matter how much I study, I am making B's and C's!. My motivation comes in spurts, and I find myself crying at the drop of a hat like I did as a small child!. Has anyone dealt, or know someone who has dealt with something similarWww@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
I know exactly what you're going through!. I should be graduating college this year!. My first year I was a "functioning depressive!." I'd stress out about midterms and finals, and papers, get it done, and then get depressed and sleep alot (pretty much was miserable but could force myself out of it)!.
My gpa however started steadily sliding as I got less and less hopeful that there was ever going to be a way out of my depression!. Ironically I took anti-depressants and saw counselors and it made it worse largely, for me, cause when I didn't see clear improvement I just became more skeptical about myself ever getting "over" my depression!.
Anyway, long story shorter, I still get depressed a lot and have a really hard time staying motivated!. I'm also a Bio major (MicroBio) and I keep thinking why the hell do I want to stick in this major!. Why the hell should I study for tests and stuff (when I start to get too stressed and too much test anxiety)!. I feel like just withdrawing every time that happens!.
All I can say is, I don't know obviously if I should stay in the major and if I'm making the right decisions!. What helps me though at least is to try and not be so hard on myself!. So maybe if you just think in the long term these things aren't going to matter as much as you think they might, and things will probably play themselves out, you could feel better!. Of course the trick is that amounts to "just have faith" almost and its really hard to see things working out!.!.!. especially when thy haven't been!.
So,
1) try to take deep breaths and try not to freak out!.
2) keep trying, but don't feel you "should" do anything!.!.!. or don't let the pressure be so overwhelming that it dictates your life!. You after all harbor these expectations and pressures, they don't exist outside you!.!.!.
3) (not sure about this one) But just do what you feel you "need" to do, and listen to that gut instinct!. I'm still living out to see how this one works out, but at least you'll feel better, which beats basing your life based on worrying and anxiety and merely hoping that someday when you do A, B, & C (being a doctor) it will all work out!.!.!.!. which leads me to!.!.!.!.
4) Maybe you really don't want to be a doctor (and maybe you do)!. But My major has sooo many stressed out kids cause like half the people want to go to Med-school!. I really believe secretely most of them just want the prestigue, money, or to feel like a "success!." There is so much stress that route!. It NEVER ends!. Med school, then freak out to get the right rotation, then freak out to get into the right specialty school, etc etc!. Then worry about paying off all those loans!. I find it really depressing and overwhelming!. Of course I'm not you, but I don't see any reason to work that hard unless you thrive off of competition or something!.
Anyway, hope things work out!. I've by no means solved this problem, so I guess the main point of this was to say "I can relate!."
But please try to RELAX!.
Take care!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
My gpa however started steadily sliding as I got less and less hopeful that there was ever going to be a way out of my depression!. Ironically I took anti-depressants and saw counselors and it made it worse largely, for me, cause when I didn't see clear improvement I just became more skeptical about myself ever getting "over" my depression!.
Anyway, long story shorter, I still get depressed a lot and have a really hard time staying motivated!. I'm also a Bio major (MicroBio) and I keep thinking why the hell do I want to stick in this major!. Why the hell should I study for tests and stuff (when I start to get too stressed and too much test anxiety)!. I feel like just withdrawing every time that happens!.
All I can say is, I don't know obviously if I should stay in the major and if I'm making the right decisions!. What helps me though at least is to try and not be so hard on myself!. So maybe if you just think in the long term these things aren't going to matter as much as you think they might, and things will probably play themselves out, you could feel better!. Of course the trick is that amounts to "just have faith" almost and its really hard to see things working out!.!.!. especially when thy haven't been!.
So,
1) try to take deep breaths and try not to freak out!.
2) keep trying, but don't feel you "should" do anything!.!.!. or don't let the pressure be so overwhelming that it dictates your life!. You after all harbor these expectations and pressures, they don't exist outside you!.!.!.
3) (not sure about this one) But just do what you feel you "need" to do, and listen to that gut instinct!. I'm still living out to see how this one works out, but at least you'll feel better, which beats basing your life based on worrying and anxiety and merely hoping that someday when you do A, B, & C (being a doctor) it will all work out!.!.!.!. which leads me to!.!.!.!.
4) Maybe you really don't want to be a doctor (and maybe you do)!. But My major has sooo many stressed out kids cause like half the people want to go to Med-school!. I really believe secretely most of them just want the prestigue, money, or to feel like a "success!." There is so much stress that route!. It NEVER ends!. Med school, then freak out to get the right rotation, then freak out to get into the right specialty school, etc etc!. Then worry about paying off all those loans!. I find it really depressing and overwhelming!. Of course I'm not you, but I don't see any reason to work that hard unless you thrive off of competition or something!.
Anyway, hope things work out!. I've by no means solved this problem, so I guess the main point of this was to say "I can relate!."
But please try to RELAX!.
Take care!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I'm going through a depression-like thing also!. I'm in my first year of college as well, and I think one of the problems we both may have is a lack of a group of trustworthy, good friends!. Is this true!? If so, you should find friends with similar interests as you, and see if your grades improve!. Sometimes the most simple remedies are the most effective!.
Good Luck :)Www@Answer-Health@Com
Good Luck :)Www@Answer-Health@Com
I read nothing about how God influences your life!. You might want to get to know him and the Bible and there might be some improvement in your outlook on life!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
yeah and its hard to deal with!. good luckWww@Answer-Health@Com
just work harder!.!.!.and see a doctorWww@Answer-Health@Com