Draw a wave chart split it in have horozonally

. Sdo now you have a top and a bottom.

Divide both side in half horizontally again.

So now the wave is split into 4 vertical sections.

The middle two boxes color them in.

So now you should have a small in colored top, a large colored middle, and a small bottom.

In the colored middle write in big letters TYPICAL, above the top of the wave write manic, below the bottom of the wave write depressed.

So now the top of the wave is manic, the bottom of the wave is depressed and the two middle sections are labeled Typical.

The point of medication is to try to get you to as close to typical with as little medication possible with out hitting the middle line or below it as your base mood. If the persons base is to close to the middle line or below it people stop there medication. Most of us spike out of typical at times. Some of us our goal is to be remotely close to typical. My goal is to stay in the range that hospital and incarceration is not forced.

As far as school it helped me to only go part time, take college success class and join TRIO. If you live in the dorms you can get a waiver from the disabilities office to live on campus while taking part time classes.

If this doesn't make sense I'll try again just tell me.