*UPDATE* Support Plan DECLINED | Diary Post
So I've not had the best morning...
(17th Oct 2016)
After going to my step fitness class, I come home and find two letters. One is completely irrelevant, one determines whether or not I am eligible for support from the university with my anxiety disorder.
There it says, that although it's clear I've had issues in the past from my medical records and that I came off my anti-depressants last year in March, but my CAMHS counsellor discharged me last year saying I was "fine now".
I now need to go into university and explain what's happened to Student Well-being, with this letter in hand and I am petrified I'm going to look like a massive idiot. I will also have to book an appointment with my GP and have to explain myself and my current condition, because he has no evidence that my mental health condition is debilitating and causing problems with my current lifestyle. This is fair enough, he's a nice guy and I really don't want him getting into trouble with the top dogs.
And I get he declined my request for a note of approval due to legal reasons and that he needs to cover his own arse, but I'm posting this to draw awareness to the struggles people with mental health difficulties have to go through in order to gain effective support. Why can we not access it with ease and be taken seriously immediately, as soon as something arouses our suspicions that something just isn't right, and we need a little help to get by?
So now the process is as follows. I need to show my prospective counsellor at university this letter, which I am anxious enough about. Book an appointment and wait several weeks at the least to see my doctor and explain the issues I have been experiencing, then wait an additional three weeks (if he believes me) for my support plan to be processed again.
Baring in mind this will be after all of my deadlines and not until next semester that this new support plan will be approved ,I need to go at handling my anxiety alone. This feels like such a long time but hopefully I can get through it.
At the same time
It's enlightened me as to what I've single-handedly managed on my own, after being discharged by CAMHS. I've had many episodes of anxiety and depression since then, and have just-about coped. Hopefully it will be the same case this year, but I still feel like I deserve and need a bit of a push and additional help to get me through university and placement. Just so I'm not a complete basket case when it comes to my professional career...
Until next time, thank you for reading and supporting
Liv xo
(17th Oct 2016)
After going to my step fitness class, I come home and find two letters. One is completely irrelevant, one determines whether or not I am eligible for support from the university with my anxiety disorder.
There it says, that although it's clear I've had issues in the past from my medical records and that I came off my anti-depressants last year in March, but my CAMHS counsellor discharged me last year saying I was "fine now".
I now need to go into university and explain what's happened to Student Well-being, with this letter in hand and I am petrified I'm going to look like a massive idiot. I will also have to book an appointment with my GP and have to explain myself and my current condition, because he has no evidence that my mental health condition is debilitating and causing problems with my current lifestyle. This is fair enough, he's a nice guy and I really don't want him getting into trouble with the top dogs.
And I get he declined my request for a note of approval due to legal reasons and that he needs to cover his own arse, but I'm posting this to draw awareness to the struggles people with mental health difficulties have to go through in order to gain effective support. Why can we not access it with ease and be taken seriously immediately, as soon as something arouses our suspicions that something just isn't right, and we need a little help to get by?
So now the process is as follows. I need to show my prospective counsellor at university this letter, which I am anxious enough about. Book an appointment and wait several weeks at the least to see my doctor and explain the issues I have been experiencing, then wait an additional three weeks (if he believes me) for my support plan to be processed again.
Baring in mind this will be after all of my deadlines and not until next semester that this new support plan will be approved ,I need to go at handling my anxiety alone. This feels like such a long time but hopefully I can get through it.
At the same time
It's enlightened me as to what I've single-handedly managed on my own, after being discharged by CAMHS. I've had many episodes of anxiety and depression since then, and have just-about coped. Hopefully it will be the same case this year, but I still feel like I deserve and need a bit of a push and additional help to get me through university and placement. Just so I'm not a complete basket case when it comes to my professional career...
Until next time, thank you for reading and supporting
Liv xo
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