[riksie-dixie]

It's been a while since I've faced it, but it's starting to come back as I go through the semester. This is my first year being away from home, going to university.

My general education classes have been easy, but I dropped one class that was for my major and the other one I'm not doing well in, but it's more my fault than the professor's.

I go to the therapist at the counseling center, but I don't really want to admit to him that his ideas aren't working and he's not understanding anything I'm saying because that means I'll have to explain, and I'm not good at that.

I keep trying to calculate my final grade for the class, but the highest I could possibly score at this point is a C+ and, since I want to go to graduate school, that means I'll have to take the course over again.

I'm meeting with my adviser next week, concerning if I'll be able to graduate on time (within two years; I transferred in). However, I don't feel like I'll be able to, because everyone talks about how hard it is to get into the classes you actually need.

I feel so close to breaking down and that either way, I'm not going to do as well as I thought I would because I'm a horrible slacker. I don't even know if it's worth studying anymore.

I also noticed that I've began to sleep longer ever since I started and even take naps during the day, or I've skipped my class for my major because I'm too tired.

I haven't been eating too much because it ends up making me sick.

I feel too intimidated to go up to my professor about any of this.

I don't know what to do. I'm on medication for anxiety (150mg of sertraline) and panic attacks (.01 mg of clonondine) and the earliest I could see my own primary physician is at the end of November.

[Rohag]

Your symptoms could point to depression and anxiety, but they also could be associated with a number of physical ailments. Do please see your primary care physician - or any doctor - as soon as possible.

Sertraline is an antidepressant (same as Zoloft), but references indicate it's also used for anxiety.

Medications can make you sleepy & make you feel like you just have no energy to accomplish anything. Sometimes med's can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand, you need them for your anxiety & panic attacks. But, on the other hand, the same med's that help with your anxiety & panic attacks, may leave you feeling as though you're just drained.

I do think it's important to reach out to someone. It sounds like there's really no one you feel comfortable doing this with at the moment. But just keeping all of this bottled up inside is a recipe for failure, I'm afraid. I wonder if it's possible the T you're seeing just isn't the right one for you?

[SubliminalThoughts]

I found that sertraline made me very stupid while I was taking it. Maybe you should talk to your doctor and see if its the sertraline that's making you struggle in school.