Recent content by Boydals

Re: I want to be a Psychiatrist, or do I? I've had somewhat of a roller-coaster life. Thanks for explaining that in more detail, as you're probably aware the psych definitions are still fresh to me- I'll take a break from the this thread and continue to pursue others And thanks again for...

Re: I want to be a Psychiatrist, or do I? I've had somewhat of a roller-coaster life. Thanks for all of your help, its appreciated @buriza :)

Re: I want to be a Psychiatrist, or do I? I've had somewhat of a roller-coaster life. I really couldn't have asked for a better response in reply to my last comment, so thank you very much for that - Agreed, I do need to take the time to continue thinking about this & although psychiatry is...

Re: I want to be a Psychiatrist, or do I? I've had somewhat of a roller-coaster life. Firstly, thank you for taking the time to open another 3rd person insight - its appreciated :) I've come to terms with the entire duration of study being more or less a decade of commitment, so that's okay...

Re: I want to be a Psychiatrist, or do I? I've had somewhat of a roller-coaster life. Firstly, I stopped taking my medication because i thoroughly believed that i was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia, only to find out 5 years later that i was correct in thinking so. The voices i heard was...

Re: I want to be a Psychiatrist, or do I? I've had somewhat of a roller-coaster life. Yeah exactly right, thanks for the advice :) - they had me on Zyprexa 5mg wafers to start off with then scaled it up or down depending on my condition

@Mass_potato - I'm going to sit it this year as well, shall we study buddy :)

Re: I want to be a Psychiatrist, or do I? I've had somewhat of a roller-coaster life. Thank you, I'm happy that I've finally found somewhere to ask these sorts of questions :) Yeah I've definitely considered psychology and was accepted to study a bachelor of Social Science (psychology/forensic...

Hey All :wavey: Just some real quick info about myself - 23 years old, currently living in Melbourne(Australia) i'm a reasonably social person, currently working in retail until I'm able to sit UMAT and gain entry into a degree. Firstly I was diagnosed with schizophrenia & depression in 2008...