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Mental Health and College: Treatment vs. Self-Medication

When attending college with mental illness, two different treatment options often present themselves: treatment by professionals or self-medication. When I was in college, more opportunities presented themselves for self-medicating.  Mental illness is now more readily addressed in college instit...
8/17/07 9:44am
 I Don't Know I have ms so I had a lot of problems. I couldn't type fast enough, I over slept sometimes, I would get test anxiety and freeze up. My teachers knew I knew the info but I would draw a blank at test time.  It really made me so depressed the more I tried the harder it got. I hated hearing the words " You don't look like you have any real problems." Please there is a simple word called multiple.  But still 2 of the teachers that were nurses felt I wasn't trying hard enough . When I lost my eye sight I was working at a hospital and going to school, I lost my job, and I had to quite school. I felt so down hearted I wanted to give up. My husband left me and said that I was faking it all. No I was not faking any thing. I just started to shut down and giving up on everything. I just remember that I have hope and I have a better life than most people. I have not right to be laying in self pity. Thanks for the hope and the joy this site brings to us all.

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