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Posted by Deneb on October 17, 2009, at 18:10:47
I regret it. I hadn't studied as much as I'd wanted, but I did know the basics. I got scared, couldn't face it and just skipped it. I feel awful. I need to study from now on. I just looking to pass at this point.
I need to do this.
Posted by Deneb on October 17, 2009, at 18:44:45
In reply to I skipped my midterm, posted by Deneb on October 17, 2009, at 18:10:47
I think I just did something stupid.
I sent an email to my prof. about missing the midterm and asking if there was any way to make it up, if I could get a note from my psychiatrist or something.
Sigh. I cannot keep doing this. I am ruining my life. I can't keep asking for notes. I doubt my pdoc will give me a note as she does not want to encourage this type of behaviour from me.
I just need to suck it up and try my best to study and pass the course. My midterm today was worth 20% of my grade. It is still possible to pass this class.
Posted by hyperfocus on October 18, 2009, at 1:09:15
In reply to Re: I skipped my midterm, posted by Deneb on October 17, 2009, at 18:44:45
Deneb it's not you, it's your illness. You have a real disability - 99% of people would not even try to take university classes with a major illness. You're doing it because you like what you study and you want to do well and you have the capacity to do so much. It's your illness that's causing your problems
But I think you need to have an important talk with your pdoc. Tell her you're having major problems with school. This problem with motivation is surely your meds. I think Risperdal was making me apathetic, and I stopped it. You're on two SSRIS and an AP - all known to cause problems with motivation and apathy. It's a bad time to be changing meds but it sounds like you have to do it.
But more importantly you gotta tell her that you need more out of your therapy. Basically there's Real Deneb and Sick Deneb. Real Deneb has zero problems with school or work and can do pretty damn well. Your doc needs to be treating Sick Deneb and not pushing too much stuff on Real Deneb. This has nothing to do with you 'ruining your life'. You're sick and you're not getting enough treatment. It's difficult for other people to understand how drugs or illness can cause problems with mental functioning, but that's just how mental illness is. It's like telling someone with depression they should 'snap out of it' or 'stop worrying so much.' Sorry to say but your pdoc seems to be doing this, if she thinks you can somehow snap out of it or fix yourself.
I don't see anything wrong with asking for a retake. Worst that could happen is he says no. Maybe what you can do is get a letter from your pdoc just stating you're under her care and being treated for X and taking Y meds, and give it to your campus disability office or medical services.
Find out what options are available for stuff like midterms and assignments - maybe you can get extra time or a retake if you miss them. Just bring other people into the loop so you can get as much help as possible. But you gotta get your pdoc to understand that what's happening is not Real Deneb's fault.
Posted by Deneb on October 18, 2009, at 14:08:50
In reply to Re: I skipped my midterm » Deneb, posted by hyperfocus on October 18, 2009, at 1:09:15
It is a pretty bad time to be changing meds, but I also feel like it's time to try other meds. This apathy thing is really affecting my life. I was not this way in high school at all before I started meds.
I think my pdoc has basically given up on helping me with my academic problems. She told me I have all the skills, I just need to apply them. She told me she couldn't make me study. She wants me to snap out of it basically. I'm not sure she believes it is anything but laziness on my part. She even mentioned the word lazy in describing my behaviour.
A few years ago, a doctor at health services actually suggested I go get help from the disability office. I brushed it off as I did not want to think I had a disability. I am wondering if they could help me though. I don't think my pdoc would like me to think I have a disability though. I don't think she thinks I have a disability at all.
I really don't know how to make my pdoc think it is not real Deneb's fault. Maybe I need a second opinion.
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