<p>So without the long winded emotional sad story, here's the deal. I was over-medicated for three years which made me super depressed during the winter resulting in mediocre grades in fall of Freshman year and fall of sophomore year. When I got off the anti-depressants and basically when I wasn't super depressed (during the spring semesters), I got straight As. </p>
<p>Do college admission care about this or take this into account? It isn't an issue anymore and I'm off the meds and get perfect grades now. </p>
<p>If they do care, how do I tell them this without appearing crazy?</p>
<p>If you have documented medical issues that have negatively impacted your academic performance, it is appropriate for your guidance counselor to discuss the topic in his/her recommendation.</p>
<p>As someone who also was over-medicated with anti depressants, I think you’re taking a risk including it. I personally won’t be mentioning it to any colleges. They don’t need the liability or even the notion of one. The irony of the situation was I was at the time incredibly depressed about where I was headed with my life, and I felt like making it to college would kind of eliminate what I was going though.</p>
<p>There are several threads on this issue in the Parents Forum and in the Learning Disabilities Forum. It may be worth your while to take a look at what various people have written there.</p>