I’m really not looking for an excuse to take time off of school. Not at all. I’m trying to do the most responsible thing here, and normally, the most responsible thing to do would be, clearly, keep going to school. But I’m at a point where I have to admit that my anxiety problems have escalated from being a mere annoyance to something that is truly distracting and disabling, and over the course of the last year (two semesters) has really decimated my grades. And it seems only to be getting worse. I guess what I’m asking, mainly, is for people who have been treated or are going through treatment for anxiety problems, does it benefit you to take time off to get things together during treatment/therapy, or does it make no difference than if you just went on with your normal routine along with whatever treatment plan is recommended?

I really hate to take a semester off of school, especially when I’m this close to finishing my associates’ degree. But at the same time, if I can’t perform in the classes in my present state, I don’t see the point until I can get better.

I have to make this decision relatively quickly, classes begin again in about a month and I have to decide whether to sign up for new ones within 2-3 weeks. I mean, if I were to begin therapy and get on medication in the beginning of January, could I really see a significant improvement in that amount of time?

Every time I would ask myself this I would always just try to drive myself harder, and, in the end, I burned out, I can no longer deny that I have a problem. And, I want to get better, I have to get better, and I just don’t know what the best move is at this point.




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