Posted by greywolf on April 10, 2006, at 13:08:26
In reply to Meds HAVE RUINED MY 4 YEARS IN COLLEGE, and CAREER, posted by Doug_Saving_The_Team on April 8, 2006, at 20:50:57
Doug,
Please accept my apologies if, in fact, I offended you. If I misinterpreted your repeated statements that antidepressants are solely responsible for ruining your experience at one of the top five universities in the world, and exposed you to the embarrassment of having to go to a state school instead of not getting a great job as a Wall Street investment banker or equity manager, that's my fault.
And none of my posts in this thread or in any other have EVER extolled ADs as a cure-all. In fact, the vast majority of my posts have asked for help from the good people here in finding yet another option. You see, I've been on almost every AD you can name (plus a few bipolar meds you probably can't), and the only thing left to me according to two psychiatrists and my GP is ECT. Right now, I'm merely maintaining on Depakote while I wait to get in to see a new psychiatrist to discuss the possibility of options other than ECT.
Basically, I've learned to expect very little of meds over many years of battering my body with them. With each new one, I just hope it will keep me getting my job done each day so that my family won't suffer with me. It's been seven years since I missed any significant time from work due to my mental illness, but every day has been a battle from the moment I awake until I finally fall asleep (if I do).
As to my comment about kicking the butts of people who are fixated on where they got their degrees and how highly their schools ranked, it was intended to encourage you to disregard concerns like that because they are not relevant in day-to-day business. Sounds like your dad understands that.
What's important is what you make of yourself, especially when you must overcome adversity not of your own making to do it. If that means going to a state school when your friends do it solely through private college, so what? The point is doing your best wherever you find yourself, and not beating yourself up over things you can't control.
That's the only real message I'm trying to convey, and I hope I didn't hurt your feelings doing it.
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