{"id":5744,"date":"2012-03-27T13:51:30","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T20:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=5744"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:59:17","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:59:17","slug":"bipolar-disorder-and-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-disorder-and-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Disorder and School"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I recently had an email asking if a person with bipolar disorder can finish school.<\/p>\n

Well, sure they can! But\u2026.<\/p>\n

There is always a but\u2026<\/p>\n

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

As with any stressful situation, the solution is planning.<\/p>\n

You will need a treatment plan before college starts<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

Julie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I recently had an email asking if a person with bipolar disorder can finish school.<\/p>\n

Well, sure they can! But\u2026.<\/p>\n

There is always a but\u2026<\/p>\n

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

As with any stressful situation, the solution is planning.<\/p>\n

You will need a treatment plan before college starts.<\/p>\n

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 [ Read More ]<\/a><\/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\/5744"}],"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=5744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11577,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5744\/revisions\/11577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}