[Picassoschild]

And I'm a little bit scared. The last two quarters of school had been hard. I was diagnosed my last quarter and had figured some things out, but I still failed two of my classes. I have since changed my major from web design to graphic design (I made the change to web I believe in a manic decision).

I am just worried about failure because this is a huge trigger for me for my depression, and subsequent manic episodes that follow. I don't know why I'm so anxious, my meds are working, I have a wonderful support system, but I just have this horrible anxiety about school.

I hope this goes well...

[BuggsBunny]

Wishing you the best of luck tomorrow! I know how hard it is to get thru school with bipolar, it took me 11 years to get my BA, but I finally succeeded. And believe me, graduation is worth the hassle! Hang in there this semester!

[BlueInanna]

Good luck tomorrow, I'm sure it will go ok. This is a different time now than before, you know a lot more about yourself! Keep us posted

[Victoria'smom]

keep us posted, I'm in my 11th year for an AA. If you have a good support team you should be fine. Your lucky enough to get dx'd earlier in your school career to put together the best support system to get you through school.

[Clinte89]

How did things go? Im interested as I am trying to go back to school for the third time and I admire your strength.

[Picassoschild]

So my quarter is almost over and except for one very depressive hiccup it went okay. School is hard, but learning from past mistakes is sometimes harder.

[cocoabeans]

It took me 6-7 years for a BA because I kept dropping out, changing my major, moving around the planet. And my transcript? More bipolar than me! Lot of Fs and A+s.

At least one semester I was to have it wiped due to "mental illness", or my doctor told me to when I told him I failed all my courses but, match depression with a university administration office and it wasn't worth the hassle.

[Picassoschild]

Originally Posted by cocoabeans

It took me 6-7 years for a BA because I kept dropping out, changing my major, moving around the planet. And my transcript? More bipolar than me! Lot of Fs and A+s.

At least one semester I was to have it wiped due to "mental illness", or my doctor told me to when I told him I failed all my courses but, match depression with a university administration office and it wasn't worth the hassle.

This is basically my transcripts too. I have changed my major three times (photography to web design and now I'm in graphic design). Though I'm happy with my last major change, I missed two weeks of class because I couldn't get out of bed, for anything. I had some medication changes and I am feeling much better, I'm playing catch up this final week to at least pass my classes. I never realized how hard dealing with this mental illness and school would be, but I'm working through it. Professors understand, I guess being that it's art school. Most creative people have some sort of crazy .

I'll let y'all know how the quarter ends.