Posted by med_empowered on June 8, 2006, at 0:12:36
In reply to Re: disclosing med problems to others » pseudoname, posted by Phillipa on June 7, 2006, at 21:37:25
I have family members in academics, and there seem tobe varied responses. On the one hand..if you're depressed, and that screwed up your life, and now you are functioning and what not--fine, if you trust the professor or whomever, MAYBE say something--but tread carefully.
If you're talking something more severe, like bipolar or schizophrenia or what not, you may want to not disclose (I'm speaking from personal experience here, btw).
Also..if you can repair all this, you don't really need to explain it away. At undergrad level, psych problems can be damaging; once you get up into higher-level ed, the damage can be pretty intense, so I'd say be very, very careful. You may even want to avoid disclosure completely, if you're concerned at all.
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