I want to be a doctor, but I hate Med School ?

[Mad Jack]

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Well, thanks for the sympathy, although I didn't came here to get sympathy , as the other user thought.
I came here for solutions.
There were users who gave very good answers and I'm following their advice. I thanked them.
The rest, who continues saying that I'm not made to be a doctor : I couldn't care less. I know what mission I've chose and I'm not quitting it. I am very self-confident and no one is going to change that.

It wasn't sympathy- I was letting you know that, despite what other people say, plenty of people feel like you do and we get through just fine. Also, often we discover through the process that maybe we have other interests and all that other training isn't so useless after all. So even though you feel like it's all a waste at the moment, learn everything you can and be confident that in the future you will have things you might not need, rather than needing things you do not have.

 

[ZeitGeistDoc2]

Well.... Just throwing it out there, but as everyone has already mentioned if you're interested in the brain than you really do need to know everything else. I'm an aspiring neurologist myself, waiting to get taken off the wait list right now and I learn new things every day. I work in medical science research and I've recently discovered the field of Neuroimmunology for example.

There's some really interesting literature out there, showing how the immune system communicates with the nervous system, and then you have the immune disorders with neurological presentations (Myasthenia Gravis comes to mind...).

Simply put though: You don't know what you don't know. You're making the assumption that the bones don't relate to neurology or psychiatry when really they do... sometimes. Again, in the case of Myasthenia Gravis you have the immune system (BONE marrow, if I'm not mistaken here, the B cells produce the antibodies that cause this condition) interacting with the nervous system to produce a neuromuscular disorder.

In my experience, it pays to make the assumption that you know nothing and to learn everything you can. You could be the guy who one day who identifies a novel connection between bones and psychiatry that nobody has ever made before, because everyone before you assumed bones weren't important.

Then you have patient care. I'm sure it will only help your patient-physician relationship to be able to provide some answers to your patients about their condition(s), some of which may not be neurological in origin.

I hope this helps! Good luck to you in your medical school endeavors!

 

[Seth Joo]

The truth is, all I'm interested in is how the mind works : psychiatry and neurology.
I plan to be a psychiatrist, this is what I've always wanted as a doctor, I never thought about becoming specialized in any other area.

My question is how can I get over my huge disinterest in studying all the subjects that I need to study in Med School , if my only interest is psychiatry/neurology ?

I know, I know......" You need to build discipline and show that you've got what it takes to become a doctor. "...I know.....it's just that I can't get out of my mind the fact that the majority of these 6 years of studying all those areas that don't interest me is such a long time....Don't get me wrong, I don't complain about the time investment ( being a doctor is for life anyway ) , but I wish I would just see more meaning in it. I just see no meaning for example in studying bones, when my interest is brains.

Thanks for answering.

Medical school is a big task you either can do it or you cannot, yes you need to study, a lot more than other fields. Some people get used to it, some do not. Many students go through changes after the first year or two and then get used to the rigors of school, some don't.

 

[AliT]

Thanks. We're in this together!