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Old Mar 16, 2012, 03:56 PM
bipolarmedstudent bipolarmedstudent is offline
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Originally Posted by Irreplaceable View Post
Has anyone on here ever taken time off from work due to your mental state or how you were feeling? I don't mean taking off one day, I mean several days. How did you know that you needed a break? What happened to make you take a break? How long were you off from work?
I've wanted to, but my old p-doc and parents were really against it. They all thought the structure was good for me, and that I needed something to go to every day. My new p-doc thinks I should take next year off from school. My old p-doc says that's okay as long as I'm doing a master's for that year off (so I have some structure)..

I dunno, I'm confused about what to do.
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age: 23

dx:
bipolar I, ADHD-C, tourette's syndrome, OCD, trichotillomania, GAD, Social Phobia, BPD, RLS

current meds:
depakote (divalproex sodium) 1000mg, abilify (aripiprazole) 4mg, cymbalta (duloxetine) 60mg, dexedrine (dexamphetamine) 35mg, ativan (lorazepam) 1mg prn, iron supplements

past meds:
ritalin, adderall, risperdal, geodon, paxil, celexa, zoloft

other:
individual talk therapy, CBT, group therapy, couple's therapy, hypnosis