Hi Luke & welcome,

This is a great place to get ideas that might give you some direction in where to get help besides the support while you are going through it.

I guess I would start off with both a GP like Dr & a psychiatrist. There may be something physically that is going on with you...which may be causing some mental issues. It is good to have the opinion from both types of Dr's. Psychiatrists are actually MD's that have specialized in the mental aspect of ourselves.

Mavrick said it so well. Meds can give our minds the ability to calm down and allow us to get back into control of ourselves & even if our study habits may not be good, twe can work to improve them when we give our mind a chance. I didn't have those problems & gotta admit...it took a lot of work to get through all those classes I really wasn't interested in but had to have. It paid off though & the sense of accomplishment is amazing when you look back at it.

I understand the desire to not want to be on meds. Believe me.....I have been able to be off most of the meds they tried on me......but have come to the point where I am using the minimum meds that allow me to function again. It changes over time to & it is important to adapt to our needs.

I must admit that a therapist or psychologist is great to have on your side too. It gives you the ability to have someone you can talk freely to about whatever you need to talk about. That is great along with the other Dr's that can determine what is actually going on with you physically.

Hope you can find an answer to help you through this rough time. It seemed like to me, there was a lot of internal drive that was necessary to get through college...to push ourselves to do well in courses we aren't really interested in.....knowing that we have a goal & try to focus on what we really want to achieve......it is worth is....really.

keep us updated & hopefully the support here will help too,

Debbie