<p>hi,
so college is going okay. i attend all my classes and get my work done on time. my problem is the weekends. i am an introverted person. i have also been diagnosed with ADHD,Anxiety disorder, and depression. i am currently on meds for it, so i am definitely better than i had been in the past. when the weekends roll around i am exhausted. i tend to overexert myself during the week. i am making friends, attending club meetings, going to the library. just being out and about. and for me that is huge because i am trying to make things work out at college. however, the weekends here are kinda beat. a lot of people go home since they live close by. i tend to go home as well because i am in need of some quiet time and i can concentrate way better at home as well plus free laundry and food :) ha ha! the school does have a student group that puts on events every weeknight but usually they don't interest me. the other option is to go and get drunk with people but i don't drink or enjoy partying. my counselor told me that i shouldn't beat myself up over not staying and i should only stay if there is something going on that i want to stay for. i feel like i don't miss much when i am gone. what do you guys think? advice? stories?</p>
<p>also my mom told me it takes time to like college and that it took her until christmas time to feel like she loved her college.</p>
<p>I usually go home on weekends too, at least for the past few years. I find it refreshing to get away for a day or two, and I get to escape all the loud and dirty partying that happens during the weekend.</p>
<p>Maybe try and stay one weekend a month or something. You never know what you’re missing until you try it!</p>
<p>There’s nothing wrong with wanting to relax and get a break on the weekends. I would try to spend a little more time on campus on the weekends. The one weekend a month suggestion sounds like a good place to start if you want to see what’s going on over the weekends, but don’t feel like you <em>have</em> to. Also, it’s possible to have interesting weekends that don’t require drunken partying. I usually just hang out with some friends and watch movies. You’ll figure out what works for you. Give it some time, try a few new things, and if you don’t like, feel no obligation to do it again.</p>
<p>thank you for all the advice 
i will try the once a month idea to start.</p>
<p>I do the same thing. My roommates are pretty cool, but I like to go home during the weekends. I know eventually it’ll have to stop because my mom can’t afford to pick me up and drop me off every weekend. The only thing is I have a driver’s license and but I can’t drive my car (stick shift, still learning). Say if my roommates aren’t there, what would I do for the weekend? Just stay in the house? I did that for 3 years straight until I moved an hour away from home to the school that I’m currently going to, I don’t want to revert back to that lifestyle.</p>