I Wanted to Quit Medicine

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in this video I will go over some of the reasons that I wanted to quit medicine and how it got especially hard, experiencing depression and anxiety for the first time in my life during my first year of residency as an ophthalmology resident. I think a lot of trainees in the American medical education system go through this at some point in their lives/training, in this video I am just trying to point out that it does get better.

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I am in my 3rd month of my ophthalmology residency... And I am passing through really dark days.
Thank you for your motivational words.

keratomeliusis

Everyone wanted to quit medicine at some point, my point was second year during microbiology and Pharma finals, I was so tired and had to learn so much.

After that I cruised trough medschool and internship.

Now gonna start residency as well.

keevomora

2nd year med student here. After many months/years now of studying in a rural desolate area with a pandemic, I recently started taking Zoloft and it did help with the anxiety/depression. I know the stereotype is that a lot of med students/residents are on medications but they do help, and at the end of the day, its a great field and the goal is to keep pushing guns ablaze.

junaidsajid

Thank you for this. I’m a first year medical student and I already had my first episode of depression and desire of wanting to quit medicine. I knew from the get-go that this wasn’t going to be an easy journey, which is why I’m not giving up on such a beautiful field. I know that many other students before me have been through this, and went on to become great doctors.

crazydom

I really appreciate your visibility and being open about this!

osalas

Tku for your honesty.Good luck in your career. A very important job your doing!

beckyls

I just get such a sense of humility, intelligence and compassion from you, please push through for your dream if this is what you want. We need people like you in medicine. If you change tracks, do not feel bad because you will be bringing all that to whatever you do, and making the world better and brighter somehow I’m sure. You would make a daily trip to Starbucks better, so try not to end up stuck in a cubicle away from the world if you can though. It does seem like medicine’s your calling, maybe research or teaching, too.

aalvarez

Sounds like your residency program doesn’t offer support that it should and that’s a shame. God bless you. I’m glad you have weathered the storm

balletsing

Only the strong survive. Keep up your strength, thanks for doing what you do! I appreciate you

jukle

Thank you for making videos like this! Because of you, I want to be an oculoplastic surgeon. I'm an M3 currently and I feel like I finally have direction. Thank you!

chrisroberts

Thanks for sharing! Even though I'm not practicing medicine, you're truly my inspiration!

lizaobispo

Bless your heart but glad you had the drive and will to push through it. I am a nurse and would have to go into the bathroom when I arrived at the emergency room and talk myself into staying focused and give myself a mini-pep talk and end with a prayer before I stepped out to start my shift. I think everyone has experienced some sort of anxiety in the medical field, whether they admit it or not. Thanks for sharing 😻

tikipalm

Whatever about the pressure and the toll it takes on you, as someone who worked in Medicine, I'd be more worried that you're being asked to do something that you don't know how to do. I always equated it with being asked to drive when you couldn't drive. So highly irresponsible really. The stress was always secondary.

markkennedy

One Republic’s lyrics, everything that kills me makes me feel alive, is a much
better chant than the sanctimonious platitude, what doesn’t kill me makes
me stronger. That has been my experience. My guess is the former works for
you, too.

tomconten

I am not a doctor/surgeon but I work in the medical profession. To this day I do not understand how we train Doctors etc. Why do we treat them so badly (yes - probably financial/saving money). If you are a medical student, stay with it but start to fight for better working conditions too. You have my support. Take care of yourselves.

missyshell