bipolar and school - Bipolar Disorder Message Board

daystar91 · 10-18-2004, 01:40 PM

Hi,
For those who attend school with bipolar....Does bipolar ever interfer with your school in any way????????

gracetoo71 · 10-18-2004, 06:46 PM

while at community college i switched degree programs three times. i didn't get my degree with less than thirty credits to go. i started college after being out of high school for ten years. i believe my choices in college had everything to do with bipolar. my gpa was 3.8 and i had no problem with my studies, i just had a problem with sticking with one thing. i did this while being a single mom of twins and i had a full time job. i believe for the majority of my two and a half years in college i was in a manic state. i fell into a depressive state, gave up on college, bounced back into a manic state, got married, and now am into mostly a depressive state, fueled by living with the choices i made while in a manic state. sorry, i got off the subject. college was great for me, even though i couldnt make up my mind what i wanted a degree in. being the oldest in most of the classes played havoc with my aniexity at times, but the thrill of learning kept it under control. why do you ask about bipolar and school? are you having problems? again, i am sorry i got off track. sometimes i get carried away. best wishes and take care.

mudhound · 10-18-2004, 07:21 PM

I'm sure BP would hinder one's ability to go through college. However, it would not stop one from going and being suscussfull.

daystar91 · 10-21-2004, 11:14 AM

Hi,
The only reason i asked is because i'm looking into going back to school....I went and took the college entering test[can't remember what that test was called] with a friend who is also going to go back to school with me.....Anyways two months before that i went off my meds, which was a bad thing but i'm now back on them...Two days before this test i said good bye to my grandmother and she passed from cancer...Anyways back to this test i took i failed all three subjects....I know that my school wasn't perfected but it wasn't bad either...Then when they told me a after the test that i failed, i was sitting with my so called friend she just acted as if she was better than me because she passed but she doesn't know that i have bipolar....Ever since then she has acted like she is smarter than me and i don't know anything....
I would now like to go back and do that test over again but i don't think that they would let me....I'm now back on my meds....I'm afraid of if i decide to continue with going to college will the bipolar become a problem for me when i do have an assignment or something....I don't want to put money into my schooling and not get any where...Also i'm confused

in what i want to take in school....Thanks for your replies.