I saw him today and he asked what has happened. I told him and he told my flat out "when you are manic you need to get your a_s to the hospital" and I was so shocked. He was super serious about being hospitalized for my mania, but the bad news is that I'm rapid cycling according to him. He told my I should expect to become manic after every midterm and every end of semester due to the stress of college so that means I will be manic at least 4 times a year minimum. He did not want to put me on lithium or a antidepressant since he said they would not help which really makes me sad. I hate the thought that I will never be able to control my disorder fully and this means it could be devastating when I go into the radiology program. I can't expect the profs to understand that I need to be hospitalized each semester and I definitely can't expect work to understand me being hospitalized so frequently. Life is hard :/