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Message: [QUOTE="GYCApplicant, post: 10391149, member: 175059"] Hello, been lurking a lot recently and made an account, thanks for help in advance. I'm sure you've heard this a thousand times before. My RGMD was rejected due to "long history of depression and anxiety". Problem is that most of this was back when I was an 18 year old student and thought you're supposed to see the GP everytime you felt down and antidepressants solve everything. I'm 25 now and understand having off days doesn't make you depressed and in fact have not seen a GP for 4 years for any depressive symptoms and consider the previous disagnoses misdiagnoses. I thought they may have overlooked it because the depression was in the past and 4 years in a decent stretch of time but clearly not. Problem might be that I've been seeing the same therapist/counsellor (a doctor) for 5 years now, I think its an important practice to maintain even after you've sorted yourself out and not just drop when you're feeling better. I think because of this that they consider the "depression" to be current and lasting. I will of course appeal, and understand it's not just a whine and I need to provide supplementary evidence. The RGMD was based entirely on my GP records so I will include a satement from my therapist which will support me and hopefully will explain things a bit better. I am also going to talk to my GP and see whether they are able to give any input on how severe or long-lasting the "depression and anxiety" symptoms were. Would any statements from the GP be applicable or is that a waste of time? If anyone has sucessfully appealed on the grounds of "depression was in the past, I was not actually that depressed just a stupid kid, seeing a counsellor once a month does not mean I'm depressed" and can give me some advice on what worked for you and how you worded it, what the best angle to take is, I would be very grateful. Cheers. [/QUOTE]

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