Senioritis: Pass The Xanax, I’m Graduating Soon!

January 20, 2009 2:00 pm     Posted in Reality  Jenni - Syracuse g+ page

graduation_cap_and_diploma.jpgI’m horrible at transitions and I don’t really do change. But apparently in a few months I won’t have a choice. I’ve completed eight semesters, finished all my required classes, and grown out of my fake ID.


By Jenni

It’s not that I don’t know where time went; it went towards the long class lectures, te bar-hopping, the “Tennis Pros and Golf Hoes” parties, the blizzard sledding (and subsequent frostbite), the jello-shot making, the endless Sex and the City viewings, the random hook-ups, the awkward morning-afters, and the all-day brunch recaps. And while I’ll leave college with amazing memories and textbooks the bookstore refused to take back, I’ll also leave with no idea of what I’m going to do with my life (and how I’m going to afford it.)

So, even though I have an entire semester left, I can’t stop myself from stressing myself into oblivion as I sit in my room with growing anxiety. I WebMD-ed myself to figured out what my problem was and all I came up with was a diagnosis that gave me a month to live. (Sidenote: I have to stop using WebMD.) My mom claims this is normal, my friends are experiencing the same thing, and yet I can’t help asking around for Xanax.

But apparently the health center doesn’t prescribe Xanax as freely as they write out pregnancy diagnoses, so I went with my only other option – blogging – in hopes another senior feels the same way. So every time I have a panic attack about being an adult or a wave of nostalgia that sends me for one last bathroom-tastic meal in the dining hall, I’ll be writing.

12 Comments on "Senioritis: Pass The Xanax, I’m Graduating Soon!"

  1. TL says:
    Tue, 20th Jan 200911:36 am 

    ha, this is great. I just checked my fb status for the past month and there are over 6 status's of me asking (begging) for Ativan! I know the anxiety is over the impending doom of graduation w/out the guarantee of a job or the money to survive until I get one.

  2. Sarah says:
    Tue, 20th Jan 20091:23 pm 

    Speaking as someone who is currently on both Xanax and Prozac, it unfortunately doesn't work on post-graduation worries!

  3. Caity says:
    Tue, 20th Jan 20093:21 pm 

    I agree. I did horrible this last semester and I'm going to talk to my doctor putting me on Xanax since I'm already on prozac and strattera. I'm tired of freaking out all the time and having panic attacks!

  4. Emily says:
    Tue, 20th Jan 20094:01 pm 

    I lol'd at the pregnancy diagnosis, You could come in with a broken leg and they'd think your pregnant. haha

  5. leebee says:
    Tue, 20th Jan 20095:27 pm 

    oh man! im in the exact same situation.

    i think the realization of graduation and all of the changes hit me a couple days ago, resulting in panic attacks for the past few days. it SUCKS!!!!!

  6. Aislinn says:
    Wed, 21st Jan 20094:37 am 

    Please don't tell me this, I have a year left and I'm already freaking out.

  7. Shar says:
    Sun, 25th Jan 20093:34 pm 

    Look at the bright side of potential unemployment…everyone will be doing it! Think of the group possibilities!

    Seriously, you can not take the lack of a job personally. It's not you! It's the economy! (This is a good thing to hide behind just in case it IS you.)
    ;-)

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