{"id":314,"date":"2012-08-06T15:09:45","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T22:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/2008\/08\/06\/bipolar-disorder-and-college\/"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:58:22","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:58:22","slug":"bipolar-disorder-and-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-disorder-and-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Disorder and College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/college-john.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5741\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" title=\"college john\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/college-john-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/college-john-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/college-john-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/college-john.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a>I recently had an email asking if a person with bipolar disorder can finish college.<\/p>\n<p>Well, sure they can! But\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>There is always a but\u2026<\/p>\n<p>College is the same thing as work. It\u2019s a stimulating environment with a lot of people and a lot of pressure. Bipolar disorder doesn\u2019t like this. It took me eight years to finish college. I didn\u2019t have a treatment plan then. In fact, I didn\u2019t know I had bipolar disorder! The diagnosis explains a lot.<\/p>\n<p>As with any stressful situation, the solution is planning.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">You will need a treatment plan before college starts.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have to be honest and say I can\u2019t go to school full time. It\u2019s too stressful for me- but I can go part time! Many friends of mine with bipolar have master\u2019s degrees, etc. So it\u2019s possible.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re starting college, you have to make a plan now. Try the Health Cards- the plan I use- or get something else. My books can help- especially if your family works with you.\u00a0 Find something that will help you make collegee a wonderful experience!<\/p>\n<p>Julie<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/college-john.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5741\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" title=\"college john\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/college-john-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/college-john-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/college-john-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/college-john.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a>I recently had an email asking if a person with bipolar disorder can finish college.<\/p>\n<p>Well, sure they can! But\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>There is always a but\u2026<\/p>\n<p>College is the same thing as work. It\u2019s a stimulating environment with a lot of people and a lot of pressure. Bipolar disorder doesn\u2019t like this. It took me eight years to finish college. I didn\u2019t have a treatment plan then. In fact, I didn\u2019t know I had bipolar disorder! The diagnosis explains a lot.<\/p>\n<p>As with any stressful situation, the solution is planning.<\/p>\n<p>You will need a treatment plan before college starts.<\/p>\n<p>I have to be honest and say I can\u2019t go to school full time. It\u2019s too stressful for me- but I can go part time! Many friends of mine with bipolar have master\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-disorder-and-college\/\">[ Read More ]<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11492,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions\/11492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}