Hey everyone I’m a 22 year old medical student who is halfway through but I’m unsure if I should go back. I’m bipolar 2, rapid cycling with mixed episodes and I’ve been in hospital 6 times in the last two years. Nothing so far has kept me stable and my parents (dad) have been pushing me to go back so I can finish my degree but I honestly don’t see it happening. I can’t just sit at home because it just feeds the cycle of depressive phase of my bipolar and I don’t want to start a new degree not knowing what I want to do. My dad is so pessimistic about everything; he refuses to see that I can’t handle the workload and hours of being a doctor. Every option is a fail for him, my psychiatrist and psychologist have both tried talking to him countless number of times but he refuses to listen. I have no support system besides my parents and no one even knows I’m sick .We are not well off financially so it’s easier to finish my degree than start a new one but at what cost? I’m so confused and frustrated.