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Originally Posted by Jaymoss
Evidence is an issue in as much as it is all on record but not in my hands. You can see my issues with your own eyes and I can provide far to many ESA assessments finding me unfit for work on the first visit plus my anti anxiety meds but there is nothing I can provide.
As someone who also suffers clinical depression I have also kept myself isolated. It is only now my health has declined I have no option but to seek 3rd party help. It will be months before anything comes of this so I am trying not to get anxious about it
My mental condition stems from having Encephalitis when I was 6 years old which basically left me susceptible to these conditions and I guess what they would call PTSD now from being physically abused by my mother. So it has been a life long battle. My earlier issues on this forum with how I interacted with a couple of members is also part of it
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With my GP practice, I order my prescriptions online using 'SystemOnline' also with this I can look at all my notes from my GP and consultants. Using this I can print out all I need and use as evidence, this really helped my case.
From what I can gather is whatever you put on the forms, if it isn't backed up with evidence it gets ignored. So if you put you have anxiety, if you GP doesn't know this or if it's not 'diagnosed' then you don't have it in their eyes.
If you don't have access, then you can pay to get all your medical notes printed out and use that if it will help.
As with depression, you should be diagnosed and given a proper diagnosis, with a code number. For I have F33.2 and diagnosed. Too many people state they have depression and anxiety but never seen a GP about it let alone a mental health professional, then wonder why what they've said doesn't get taken into account.