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mrflowers00

mrflowers00

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i have bipolar 2 schizophrenia panic disorder ADD and chronic back and neck pain should my doctor really be pushing me to go to school and get a job
 
IMO.. I would rather be temporarily more uncomfortable learning to live a more fulfilling life rather than allowing my challenges to prevent that life. Also, the more you learn to accomplish, the more ways of dealing with those challenges you will develope and the more ways of dealing with those challenges you develope the less challenging they and other hurdles will become. The more challenges you face the richer your life will become; as you are successful to a greater degree with this, the less challenging your life becomes and in result the more enjoyable it will become. The farther you are able to progress the greater your confidence. I wish you the best<3
 
mrflowers00, it would always help if you rounded out your post with a little more information, including whether or not you're medicated, what the demands of the job are, and how you feel here and now. A diagnosis is a diagnosis; it appears a though you are letting diagnoses define you - and, in-so-doing, immobilize you. You've been immobilized for some time, and it hasn't made you any happier. In act we were just discussing this in Mental Health's Suicide Support Thread; perhaps you hadn't seen my response yet, which was this...

Vaya said:
Is this doctor a pain specialist, or a GP, or do you mean a psychologist/psychiatrist?

Either way, I believe - given many other posts you have made recently - that going back to work and school is the right thing for you to do. I truly believe that. It sounds as though you are seeking direction; I have to tell you that, with no job and having finished college years ago, I have felt directionless - hence, purposeless - hence, lonely, irritable, discontent, depressed, ashamed and hopeless since losing my job in January. Thank my lucky stars I was hired at a restaurant just two days ago, and life seems to be coagulating again from the unraveled mess it had become. If you are anything like me, my friend - you need this; you can do it.

Obviously, you ought to be concerned about your pain management. But while you work that out, do your best to NOT let it deter you from keeping the two most precious things, external to yourself but intertwined with your life - that your active involvement will likely spur the psychic change I know you have been yearning for for years now. You applied to the school and you are going to excel. You already have a job which, in this economy, is something anyone ought to hold on to.

Building a stable life is a long process and requires a level of discomfort that acceptance and gratitude will smooth over. Afford yourself the opportunity to feel your feelings: frustration, anxiety, pressure.

All emotions, regardless of their quality, serve a key purpose that is intimately integrated with our conscious experiences.

You've got this, buddy. You've got this! :)
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......and I still mean every word <3
 
Medication is only a catalyst, allowing you the option to lead a normal life. Its really up to you to take the definitive steps.

Quite truthfully, mental illness is quite remedied by structure and responsibility, too, so think of it as another aspect of the recovery process.
 
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