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Originally Posted by here today
So sorry about your medical school. The drug test is really unreasonable and, I think, a violation of your rights. Don't they get it? Hope you can find a way to fight their requirements and educate them about mental illness. Maybe that's not something you want to take on, with everything else you are dealing with, but it is something, it seems to me, that may be needed.
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Believe me, I’m trying everything I can to fight where I can. But this is one battle I don’t think I can win by fighting, I just have to submit to their will. But as soon as I get back in school, I will do my best to do a lot for mental health advocacy.
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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight
Wow, I'm sorry you're dealing with so many things at once. Just one of those could be enough to cause lots of anxiety and stress, let alone all of them at once. Hope your dog is OK. And I agree that the medical school situation is ridiculous and seems to be violating your rights. Do you see T tomorrow? If not, I'd definitely reach out to her then.
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I don’t for session, but I do have class (group) with her. So I might see if I can speak individually with her afterwards. I just really don’t want to bother her.
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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight
For the school loans thing...for them to be deferred, do you have to be in school full time, or could you just be taking a class? If it's just a class, could you just sign up for something at a community college, say for summer session? I imagine that would be cheaper than your loans...
Also, would it maybe help to come up with some sort of plan (maybe with your T's help) of what to do if it turns out they won't accept you back to med school? Some way you could use the education you already have and still be in the medical field? I know you clearly were aiming to be a doctor, but, I don't know, possibly school to be a physician assistant or nurse practitioner? Again, certainly not the ideal, but maybe having a backup plan could help?
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Unfortunately you have to be enrolled full time to get financial aid. And yeah, we sort of have a plan, but I know I don’t want to actually do anything other than be a doctor, especially with the loans that I already have. So, if I can’t get back into school for this July, I don’t really think I want to keep going in life, honestly. I just see no point.
