My friend is preparing to enter a mathematics masters (actually the suspended prof was going to be his advisor), and he's already stressing out. He tells me tha

My friend is preparing to enter a mathematics masters (actually the suspended prof was going to be his advisor), and he's already stressing out. He tells me that at that level of study (in mathematics), it's not uncommon for over half the grad student body to be illegally taking ritalin or something, pulling 20-hour days every day and still freaking out that they can't take it. Higher education at that level is very stressful, and a part of me is offended that certain anxieties are given exceptions since they're 'health disorders', while other, just-as-crippling anxieties are ignored.