depression

Dean Muller at Icahn/Mt Sinai calls it a "paradigm shift"...... “…..we have also committed ourselves to a genuine paradigm shift in the way we define performance and achievement. We must minimize the importance of MCAT scores and grade point averages in admissions, pull out of school ranking...

Hi everyone, I have been reading some alarming statistics about the suicide rate and current mental health crisis of practicing veterinarians. Can anyone speak to this at all? Judgement-free.. I would really like to know how and why vets (from newbies to seniors) struggle and, most...

Hello everyone, I am currently a junior at one of the top public universities in CA. My overall GPA as of right now is 3.4 with a couple W's and 3 NPs which i have accumulated in the past 2 quarters mainly because i didn't go to class at all. I am currently doing much better and going to class...

I got accepted to medical school and plan to start in the fall. I know I should be happy, and I am, but I'm predominantly nervous because...I have depression. I'm in the process of recovery, but it is a long and arduous process, and because I have being suffering from depression for years now...

Hello, So I've suffered from anxiety/panic attack disorder for as long as I can remember. It has affected my studies quite a bit, but I have improved. I am currently a senior and planning on taking my MCAT in April. I haven't really been preparing because I can't seem to find motivation or...

I am a college student I don't have any friends or anyone who is supportive on my college campus, I study and eat alone 7 days a week. Sometimes I overwork myself just so I can avoid realizing how lonely I am and how horrible I feel. Im a psychology pre-med major, there is absolutely nothing to...

Hi, I'm a senior doing bio and want to apply to an SMP then dental. My gpa is really low at a cum of 3.0 and a science at 2.4 I know this is terrible but a lot of it has to do with social anxiety and depression that I just recently found out was from untreated PCOS. I started feeling anxiety...

Hi, So I submitted my secondaries before I started reading SDN. I mentioned my struggle with depression on several of my secondaries to explain a drop in my GPA. After reading some posts about this, I regret disclosing this information. I have received IIs from 5 schools, some of which I...

I'm an MS1 and I just started med school 3 weeks ago At first, I put a huge smile on my face and tried to become friends with everyone. I've made fun and supportive friends and I've done okay on my exams so far, but every day, I feel like I lose a little piece of my former self. It seems like I...

I have been dealing with severe mental illness and suicidal ideation since early high school. It has affected my academic success greatly then and now (class withdrawals, 'no credit' grades, taking time off) and I am still receiving treatment. I have heard that this is a subject that should not...

I experienced a significant GPA drop from about a 3.7 to a 3.1 (by semester, cumulative did not significantly change) and I am wondering if and how I should address this in my essay? My GPA climbed back up after a couple semesters, so it's not just a downward trend. The contributing factor for...

Background: I'm currently in a DO/PhD program. Did one year of grad school (Neuroscience PhD program, working on computational project) and now am in my first year of med school. I don't usually ask the internet for advice on my life, but I figured what the hell. I've been debating about...

[tl;dr skimpy resume] Hi everyone, this is my first post and I apologize if there are similar stories, but I would like some tailored advice. I just finished my premed prereqs from a competitive school with a BA in Biology. I was dangerously depressed in the latter half of college and suddenly...

I am reluctant to write this in fear of being judged, but I feel I need to articulate what I am going through to a community that might understand my perspective or relate to my own experience. Around June of last year, I was hospitalized for an acute psychotic episode (did not and could not...

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I feel so depressed during my MS3. This is my last rotation. It feels like a drag. I don't have a problem when I'm working but waking up int he morning is so difficult. I had a recent break up with 2yr serious relationship that I wasn't prepared for. I'm living alone in the city as a medical...

Hi, please read the whole thing. It really does mean a lot to me. I am an aspiring physician. Of course, life doesn't come off that easily. My father was born in Vietnam, at the bottom of the economy. He used the floor as paper because he couldn't afford any, and didn't take food on the table...

Here's my story. Thanks for taking the time to read it! So, I've recently began overcoming my anxiety and depression and the aftermath of the past 3 years of my life have left me with a lot of pieces to pick up! First of all, I stopped going to classes and ended up with some pretty bad grades...

Find the freezing point of a 2.0m solution of CH3OH in chloroform, CHCl3. The normal freezing point of chloroform is -63.5°C. The kf for chloroform is 4.7°C/m. Why wouldn't this be (-63.5 - (4.7x2x2))?? Wouldn't the methanol dissolve in Chloroform since they are both polar and like dissolves like?

I've been suffering with depression/anxiety since I was 13. It has really affected my grades in college. My freshman year I failed 3 classes and was on academic probation, but I turned it around sophomore year and my GPA started rising. My depression peaked 2 years ago when my 18 year old niece...

My husband is studying for the MCAT to take this summer. I noticed he's been very stressed out and isolated. I was thinking about getting him a puppy to help relieve some of his stress and take away some of the unavoidable depression that comes with preparing for the MCAT's. Would that be a good...

I'm a current MS2, and never failed an exam or rotation. I took a leave of absence last fall, which has stretched into five months and finally turning a corner on whether to drop out (I think it's time, despite $100k for two years at a private med school. Probably the heaviest factor in my...

Hey everyone, MS1 here, currently in Neuroscience. Earlier this week, I took one of the hardest exams I have ever taken in a class. I ended up doing fine, but ever since that exam I have been feeling dizzy and lightheaded. I went to a GP who did a neurological exam on me, and he said everything...

Please dont give me any tirades about how bad benzo's are or how they are a crutch or how they affect memory...I am simply looking for some support. I am on a LOA from my first year of med school due to having a manic episode, which was followed by a long phase of treatment resistant depression...

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Oh boy. TLDR: TMS therapy for severe depression while in med school? I'm an MS1 at an allo U.S. school. I've been treated for MDD since age 8-- somewhat controlled, with some relapses. I've never been hospitalized. My father was a physician with depression who died of an overdose when I was...