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Hey all!
My name is Isabella and I am not sure what to do...im new here and heres my story and i'm looking for some advice:
When I finished Grade 11, my sister introduced me to the profession of pharmacy...she was a masters student and thought that going into Pharmacy was a good idea for me. So starting from first year of university I applied to Pharmacy and got rejected. I knew that my grades were a problem so I studied really really hard and I did succeed at pushing up my grades, but I still didnt get in. After this, I lost alot of confidence with school. I was an excellent student throughout my life, but I was having difficulty in performing in harder courses like genetics and I dropped several courses and switched them to easier ones (I was having some minor stomach issues as well, but that went away by exercising and eating well). In my third and fourth years of university, I kept with slightly easier courses (lighter science courses, not hard chemistry courses) because I felt that some of the science courses were too hard and I was trying to keep my GPA up. During this time, I worked in pharmacy and I found it medium. However, In both years, I applied to pharmacy and still could not get in. Instead, I applied to Teachers College and got in and I succeeded and did well with that. However, during Teacher's College, I found out that the admission process to the Faculty of Pharmacy changed and I decided to give the new testing process a shot and I got in. Right now, I am in one of the best faculties in my Country. But I entered in to a deep problem now. During my first year of Pharmacy, I kept on remembering my past failures and I put too much pressure on myself and I ended up developing an acid reflux problem. Right now, I am on a ppi tablet, taking one once daily. Due to developing this problem, I am in depression right now....like I feel sad easily and I feel sort of doomed.
The issue I have right now is that from all the rejections and dropping courses and now the acid reflux issue, I am depressed and unsure if I should continue with Pharmacy. I do like Pharmacy, once I remove my previous rejections from it, the depression and anxiety I am facing right now. Its just hard to do that... I am just concerned if I am doing something out of my range and if anyone had faced similar experiences and can shed some light on my situation?
One of reasons why I suck at hard courses is because I take too much pressure. I do want to continue, but I am just concerned if Pharmacy is too much for me now. Sometimes, after working in a Pharmacy, I come home and start thinking of pharmacy-related things like me sitting at the counter and working and I start getting nervous in my mind because I get worried if I can handle the responsiblity of a pharmacist and now that I am sick, I am just unsure if correct for me to continue. I am also worried about side effects of the acid suppressant (ppi) that I am in.
To makes things clear, I got sick because I took too much pressure of hard courses and I dont want to get more sick. Should I quit because health is the most importatnt thing.
Is it normal to feel overwhelmed as a pharmacy student. I have become an anxious person over the years because of all the failure I went through and now with the acid reflux I am sort of depressed and have lost alot of confidence.
What do u think I should do? Or can someone just give me some inspiration..?
Please let me know if ur confused about my story...i hope its clear
Thanks
IJ
My name is Isabella and I am not sure what to do...im new here and heres my story and i'm looking for some advice:
When I finished Grade 11, my sister introduced me to the profession of pharmacy...she was a masters student and thought that going into Pharmacy was a good idea for me. So starting from first year of university I applied to Pharmacy and got rejected. I knew that my grades were a problem so I studied really really hard and I did succeed at pushing up my grades, but I still didnt get in. After this, I lost alot of confidence with school. I was an excellent student throughout my life, but I was having difficulty in performing in harder courses like genetics and I dropped several courses and switched them to easier ones (I was having some minor stomach issues as well, but that went away by exercising and eating well). In my third and fourth years of university, I kept with slightly easier courses (lighter science courses, not hard chemistry courses) because I felt that some of the science courses were too hard and I was trying to keep my GPA up. During this time, I worked in pharmacy and I found it medium. However, In both years, I applied to pharmacy and still could not get in. Instead, I applied to Teachers College and got in and I succeeded and did well with that. However, during Teacher's College, I found out that the admission process to the Faculty of Pharmacy changed and I decided to give the new testing process a shot and I got in. Right now, I am in one of the best faculties in my Country. But I entered in to a deep problem now. During my first year of Pharmacy, I kept on remembering my past failures and I put too much pressure on myself and I ended up developing an acid reflux problem. Right now, I am on a ppi tablet, taking one once daily. Due to developing this problem, I am in depression right now....like I feel sad easily and I feel sort of doomed.
The issue I have right now is that from all the rejections and dropping courses and now the acid reflux issue, I am depressed and unsure if I should continue with Pharmacy. I do like Pharmacy, once I remove my previous rejections from it, the depression and anxiety I am facing right now. Its just hard to do that... I am just concerned if I am doing something out of my range and if anyone had faced similar experiences and can shed some light on my situation?
One of reasons why I suck at hard courses is because I take too much pressure. I do want to continue, but I am just concerned if Pharmacy is too much for me now. Sometimes, after working in a Pharmacy, I come home and start thinking of pharmacy-related things like me sitting at the counter and working and I start getting nervous in my mind because I get worried if I can handle the responsiblity of a pharmacist and now that I am sick, I am just unsure if correct for me to continue. I am also worried about side effects of the acid suppressant (ppi) that I am in.
To makes things clear, I got sick because I took too much pressure of hard courses and I dont want to get more sick. Should I quit because health is the most importatnt thing.
Is it normal to feel overwhelmed as a pharmacy student. I have become an anxious person over the years because of all the failure I went through and now with the acid reflux I am sort of depressed and have lost alot of confidence.
What do u think I should do? Or can someone just give me some inspiration..?
Please let me know if ur confused about my story...i hope its clear
Thanks
IJ
