Sounds like this is more of a "what to do with myself now" thing than a med thing. You are a bit at a crossroads in your education and career; the feeling is pretty normal. Normal's good, right?

People have to take meds for so many reasons and no matter what the reason, I don't know any who love having to take them. But, if they keep you healthy whether it be physically or emotionally, then we have to just think of them as our friends, make them as routine as we can, and keep on moving.

My dear husband has so many health and mental health issues so his pillbox is pretty ominous. But if he doesn't take his blood pressure medication, the blood pressure goes up, he feels awful, it actually affects his mood, and of course he puts himself at risk. He takes medication to control diabetes. Again, it just isn't an option to allow his blood sugar to get out of control; the consequences are too potentially life-altering. He has a neurological pain syndrome and has to be sure to go in to have his internal pump refilled; if he doesn't, the consequences are awful. AND, he has bipolar disorder, so he takes bipolar meds too. Yes, he does feel a bit of a slave to his medical conditions, but he tries to see his meds as tools to help him stay in control of those medical conditions rather than seeing the meds as the problem. Make sense?