Mitigating Circumstances For Medicine

Thread Starter Mitigating Circumstances For Medicine Follow 2 hours ago 2h ago Quote: Originally Posted by NotImaginative Hi, So this is the first posting I've put on here. I'm in year 13 and really want to study medicine but I was diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety in January 2017. It really affected my grades- I missed a lot of days of sixth form as I couldn't physically get out of bed, or couldn't feel anything and couldn't pay attention or concentrate in class. I've been on anti-depressants since then, but Fluoxetine didn't work for me and I didn't find a medication that worked until May. I've been doing CBT since January, and I've found it really helpful, however I have now being diagnosed with OCD from it and social anxiety. My GP has got notes from when I was cutting and was contemplating suicide- he was making me see him every week at one point as he didn't want to give me too muc...
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