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Originally Posted by Breadfish
I may be misreading things, but it sounds to me like you're saying "I have x diagnosis so I'm allowed to do y." It may be better to accept "Because I have x I do y and that's my problem, I have to deal with that/remedy that/quit this course". A diagnosis is never an excuse. It might mean your diagnosis is interfering with your studies - that means you can't do the course. Just because the reason you can't do the course is your diagnosis doesn't mean you have a 'license' to 'misbehave'.
I worded some things poorly in this post, especially the last sentence - I hope my meaning is still clear. (English is not my first language. (And if you're about to call that an excuse also - I'm accepting that my problem might interfere with my ability to make myself clear and I'm not saying "You should understand me even though English is not my first language." I'm accepting the consequences of my problem - namely that you might not understand me.))
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No, im not saying that at all. If I was, I'd have gone to student disability services. I haven't. I said NOTHING about my diagnosis- I said I had medical side effects from medication, which could happen to anyone. I took a pill and it impaired me, I had a bad reaction and had to go off of it. And I did complete my course. But my psyhiatrist put me on three new pills that caused severe nausea but most important it made me lethargic and unable to think- when I realized it had to be a med side effect I looked it up and it says confusion, lethargy, slowed thinking, trouble finding words- it was comparable to the zombie effect of being on zyprexa or seroquel- just in complete slow motion and inability to do anything but sleep and puke. I had to actually go off the medication in order to write my paper (it was late because I couldnt stay awake to write it, and the moments I was awake I couldn't focus.) -THAT is why I got an A- bc my paper was late, and put me one point under the points required for a regular A.
I dont feel like that is a disability, I just got sick from medication, it happens. I think that should have been worth 1 point consideration, especially if I was willing to do an extra assignment, or the final exam he said I didnt have to take bc I attended the last class.