Audrey, first of all you must NOT hurt yourself. If you are feeling that way there are emergency hot lines you can call, you will have a student counselling center at the university, or contact one of us.

Depending on what medication you are taking it will take awhile before you start to notice a difference. But if you have already been on it for a few weeks you should not be thinking about hurting yourself anymore. Go and see the doctor and get something else. I have tried more anti-depressants than I want to recall before I found something that works for me

After having gone back to university three times, that first semester just never gets any easier. Almost everyone has problems. From personal experience I can tell you that the combination of classes you are taking (computer science, biology, and economics) are definitely not easy individually or as a group.

It is NOT a "failure" (as your so called friend calls it) to drop a class. In fact it is a wise decision to drop a class before it causes harm to your scholastic record. I would call it smart to recognize when that is going to happen.

Remember your number one priority is your health (both physical and mental) and if that means letting go of a class or two, then fine. You can always take them again at a later date...