Your first priority should be to take care of yourself, and not to worry about the student loan.
That said, you do have some options: there are several deferrment options, up to 3 years, for various conditions: unemployment, disability, and financial hardship. If you are found to be permanently disabled (some mental health illnesses may qualify you), and the disability prevents you from working, you may be able to have the student loan cancelled.
Students who withdrew from school or never attended classes can generally receive a refund for the portion of the course they did not complete.
Also, there are programs that will cancel your student loan debt in exchange for volunteer committement. I believe the Peace Corps is one of them.
If this is a federal loan, the office of the Ombudsman is the first place to look for help: (I can't post the link here because I'm too much of a newbie under the Forum Rules - you can google it) You can also check out the Student Loan Borrowers Assistance Project: (same stipulation).
Good luck.
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