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Hi, I would really appeciate your feedback on this. I was diagnosed with bipolar illness. It took me more than 4 years to finish medical school because of this. I had a lot of difficulties my second year, and had to take a year off from school. The good news is that I was treated, did well during my clinical years, without any problems. In my personal statement and in the part in eras where they ask you to talk about "interruptions" should I specially mention that I had bipolar illness and dealt with and was open and honest about it? Or should I say something else with less detail, with the intention of talking personally to the program director about it fully? My preference would be along the lines of the former and be open, but I'm just afraid if it would hurt me.