<prompt> Human: I am unstable for lack of a better term during this period, which occurs once a month, for 9-10 days. My month typically is 10 days of not being able to function properly and as a result not be able to do much of anything, let alone work, and 20 days of being stable where Im pretty normal.For college the school and I are still working it out for when I start. So far, it is looking like I will take about 70 of the course load for the year and complete the program over 5 years or so, as opposed to 4 years. During the 20 days Im fine, I will complete as much schoolwork as possible, and then take a break for 10 days, recurring every month.I have to work around this because Im going to have to deal with this for the rest of my life most likely.With that in mind, what should I consider as a career? A regular 9-5 employee is probably out of the picture, but is there anything else I can do? say for example work from home, or some sort of contractual job instead. What options are available to me?edit: going to go to bed, its getting pretty late. Will answer questions and comments tomorrow  <response>: Is the 10 bad days a prognosis by a specialist? Is that a typical outcome for people with your specific illness when properly treated? Have you gotten second opinions? Unless you have a clear idea of this condition and have explored every possible remedy for it, I would aim to try to control the problem rather than take it for granted -- if you can get to 20 good days and 10 crappy days vs 20 good days and 10 useless days youll be in a much better position. I say this as somebody who rolled with the just suck it up approach on a similarly debilitating illness for years. Getting second opinions was life-changing. If youve explored your treatment options and this is what you need to roll with, youre correct that freelancing is probably the best path. Graphic design, writing, and software development are easy thoughts, but Im sure there are others. If youre basing your opinion of your capacity to work off your academic performance, it might be possible that you could manage a 9-5 -- many jobs are less stressful, self-paced, and mentally demanding than schooling. 