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Originally Posted by JoyDivision7680
I believe I can! Delusional or not, I do believe I'm highly intelligent and that I will win a Nobel prize by the time I reach 30. There, I've said it.
It's not the med school itself, in the end it's like any other faculty, but the stress that may occur while studying, especially if I'll lose a night or two. Can one with bipolar, med free, handle a chaotic sleep schedule? Won't it damage me one way or another? I'm going to apply to med school anyway, I just wanna know the risks.
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My brother is a doctor now. He went through med school with no mental problems and still got depressed often. He had times when he studied for 20 hours a day for like a week straight. And for four years of that? I just don't think I could handle it. My siblings say I'd be a good doctor but I doubt it haha.
I'm not trying to be Johnny rain cloud but I'm just saying the reasons that stopped me from thinking about being a doctor. I have thought about being one and I'm easily "smart" enough, but I just don't have a history of handling school pressure well when it gets stacked on. No matter how much I really want something, I end up getting depressed and manic and that beats me. I wasn't on medication when those things happened though so maybe I have a future yet to be discovered.