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Dropping out of college due to health?
I have an extremely difficult decision to make. Basically, I've struggled with moderate depression and anxiety for a couple years. I just started college, and it has all gotten much worse. I have begun to have extremely frequent anxiety attacks, I have lost weight (I am 5'5" and now weigh about 80 lbs.), and most of the time i cannot stand being here. I am really worried that my weight/anxiety/depression will only continue to get worse.
My problem is that I am almost halfway through the quarter (midterms are next week), and I feel like if I leave now then I will have wasted all this time, money, and energy when none of my grades/etc. will count.
My mom and other family members are extremely worried. My mom is ready to "pull the mom card" and make me leave for my health, which I honestly wouldn't mind because I am always dying to go home. I have been to the college counselor and doctor and they have not been much help, other than to say that yes my health is extremely poor and could be potentially life-threatening.
I know I should leave because my health and well-being is more important, I'm just having difficulties coming to terms with that. Does anyone have any advice on what to do or how to not regret leaving?
I am a freshman in my first quarter.
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Time for a little grandfatherly advice and since I am of that age group I will offer you some.
I picked up on "potentially Life threatening health condition." Your health trumps and concern(s) over money. Staying to complete midterms, unless things have changed since I was in college, will mean nothing. You will still be withdrawing before completing the course.
This means when you are ready to return to school you will still have to complete the work you have already done as there is no credit to transfer. Even if you return to the same school it does not mean they will allow you to skip over this semester and join in the second semester. I do not see how that is possible for any college to do or allow.
The best thing to do is to withdraw from classes for health reasons now, today. Go home and get the medical help you need. Based on your frame size you are any where from 35 to as much as 75 pounds under weight.
This alone is a life threatening condition. When the body does not have what it needs to function it starts feeding off itself. This is when it starts burning your body fat. When it does not have enough body fat to burn the body will start shutting down different systems. Our body is designed to support the brain at all costs as the brain is the last system to be shut down and then you are dead.
At 80 pounds you are what I believe the doctors would classify as anorexic. If you are suffering problems such as kidney or liver these could be traced to your being grossly under weight. If you are suffering heart palpitations this too could be traced to not only anxiety but being grossly under weight.
Staying in school to take tests that will be meaningless and add to the stress and anxiety you suffer from as well as at the expense of your health is wrong. You need to go home. Get your health back. Find out why and what caused you to become so anxious that as to endanger your health so. Before you even think of going back to this school.
To stay up with your first two years of classes you can, when you are in better health, consider taking online course or going to a local community college while tending to your health problems under moms watchful eyes. It is the last two years of college as to when you must declare your major. Taking liberal arts classes at the local community college will cover most of the prerequisites for most majors.
In short go home, today. Get your health back then consider returning to school in some manner.
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