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Can you become a doctor if you have a mental health condition?



Can you become a doctor if you have a mental health condition?

a lot of people ask if you could become a successful doctor and live with a mental health condition I’m going to introduce you to a few of my friends hi I’m Dr David kabhushan I’m a pediatrician and a public health practitioner I’ve served as the acting Surgeon General for the State of California I live with bipolar disorder hey I’m Dr Sasha a board certified psychiatrist and ADHD clinical specialist and I have ADHD I’m Dr Jesse gold I’m a psychiatrist I also suffer with depression I take Wellbutrin and have since I was in college

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  6. @brightpage1020 on

    Way to go, Powerfuly vulnerable women! I love the ADHD clinical specialist. Gonna call her Monday.
    Just by chance, any way male docs would be willing to admit their mental health challenges? It might look a little less like you’re just trying to make ladies look crazy. Thanks.
    Plenty of docs are like recovering addicts / alcoholics… or active ;o) along with other stuff like NPD, maybe I’m guessing or personality challenges or depression.
    It happens in every industry. Better to own up and get treatment than let challenges drag you down. Cheers to those successful and honestly brave docs!!!

  7. @inesjacinto6403 on

    I'm a psychologist and I struggle with anxiety, OCD and I had a burnout before (when I was in college). BUT I went on therapy and got better. My mental health issues does not affect my work, because if you do therapy or/and take medication, you are able to deal with it in a healthy way. And a lot of psychologist's are on therapy as well even if they don't have a mental health condition. So don't let your fears stop you from chasing your dreams 🙏 👊

  10. @Azula524 on

    I have extreme fear and anxiety and panic attacks i failed 2yrs gettin into medschool doubting myself so much this video helped alot i will help people and be amazing at it even if i suffer myself

  14. @elysianpattier_ on

    Thank you you guys inspired more than yk, I was in my last year of engineering when I realized medicine is my passion. But then life happened, my world life turned upside down. Just yesterday I thought it would be impossible to become a doc with schizoaffective and I didn't want to even think abt it bcs I was scared to hope especially under the circumstance I'm in rn. I gave up the thought of becoming one several times, but seeing all these people can achieve their dream career it's just.. kinda giving me feeling that it's not that impossible. Congratulations to you all

  22. @MikeHunt-zy3cn on

    I've avoided getting help for a long time and still haven't gotten it. One of the biggest reasons is the fear I'll be denied the ability to work in my desired field due to it.

  24. @gehenna2148 on

    and guess what? i'd bet money you'd be better listened to and better understood by one of these doctors while coming to them for a problem than you would the average neurotypical doc. BRAVO

  27. @saysHotdogs on

    I have really bad adhd but when I got medicated, everything changed and I could use my brain again. I still have issues tho, and they said I needed to stick my future hopeful doctor ass in the ER 😂

  29. @batcat3660 on

    I always wondered if I could reasonably work in a psych ward as I have depression, anxiety, possibly adhd and ptsd. Some people say that it can be triggering to work in that environment. I never had to go to a psych ward for my conditions, but I was close. I always wanted to try and make those spaces a little better for those patients. I know how hard it is to just live like that in general and I hear so many horror stories about bad psych wards and some good stories about better ones, I want to try and spread the good ones and eradicate the bad ones.

  30. @Gmarieproductions on

    This means a lot to me! I was getting nervous with other videos I was watching I saw peoples comments saying that doctors cannot receive mental health or something like that I want to become a neurologist and I have adhd and autism

  37. @MeridianJason on

    Herbal medicine has proven to me that natural herbs and roots are blessing from God, because my mental health issues was cure
    with a herbal medicine from Dr Udaborr on YouTube.