I feel that I am functioning relatively well. I got married and started working towards a master's degree in Mental Health Counseling about two years ago and had my first episode of mania and psychotic break last April when I spent a night IP. That semester in school I wasn't able to complete anything so I found out I would have to repeat one of the classes. I would've had to repeat the other class I was taking, but the professor of that class was retiring that semester, so for whatever reason I got an A.

Since then I've been considerably more anxious and doubtful of my abilities to function and follow through on my goals. I've taken two semesters since the semester I sort of bombed on, and I took two classes each of those semesters and got As. The class I needed to repeat is completed now. I mainly live off of the loan money I get for school, but I have worked part time since before the episode I has. I normally work around 15-25 hours depending on how much business we have. I'm lucky in that my bosses are pretty flexible with my schedule, so if I need some weeks with fewer hours, I can usually make that happen. I qualify for Affordable Care Act which covers almost all of my medication and my visit to my nurse practitioner a few times a year. I don't have a pdoc or therapist that I continually see, just the social worker at community counseling which I saw in 2013 and 2014 for about six sessions each year. Nothing this year so far.
I'd consider this medium functioning I think. The thing about how I am doing now is that I feel like it's taking almost everything to keep it together while working through this routine. Soon I will have to transition into working with clients and having a full time job after I graduate, and I'm not sure if I'll be able to keep it together with a full time job and clients who depend on me. I'm not sure what the plan will be if things don't work out, but for now, my husband and I get by without any major problems.