Cramming

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
In the name of Allah, The Most Gracious, Most Merciful

10.14pm
16 Syawal 1438H
Balakong

Bipolar disorder
Schizophrenia
Depression
OCD
Anxiety and Panic disorders

Gosh, I have a lot of reading to do for tonight. However, studying something that you're not going to be tested upon sure is exciting. Hee. Kudos for the UM med students though, they have it tough!

Psychiatric patients are very, very different than normal patients. And to be honest, history taking is vital in making up a concrete diagnosis - which can still change due to the dynamic nature of mental disorders. Sakit lah jugak otak nak kena make do with what all the docs were discussing in the Grand Rounds. Luckily ada tutorial with Prof later in the evening. Still, we were all 'grilled', our brains exhausted from all the learning plus Prof's 'motivation' for us to go back and hit the books. As per usual, medicine stays to be a thrilling field to venture but the workload and responsibility to perform well never fails to tire you. Haha.

Alhamdulillah wa astaghfirullah.

One interesting thing that I've learned today is that asocial personality behaviour is not the same to anti-social personality behaviour. The latter being the one that sociopaths have compared to the perangai 'malas-layan' orang we all thought it mean. So peeps, be wary when you describe anti-social to a psychiatrist. It's an alarming trait.

Back to reading!

Using dad's labcoat to camouflage ma identity as an elective student