help very much needed

[Stretfordender]

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hi,

if anyone can help and offer advise on this please please do so.

in may this year i was going to get sacked from my civvie job due to a bitch of a manager, i got advise to go on the sick whilst i looked for a new job.
i went to the doctors and explained about my very ill grandad who i help to look after and the doc dianosed me with acute stress and depression relating to this.
looking back i was stupid for taking this as i was thinking short term.

he gave me a prescription and gave me two weeks off, i dont know what the prescription was for as i ripped it up and binned it outside the docs.

i need more time so i rang up again and with out an appointment or speaking directly to the doctor, he gave me a further 2 weeks off.

i have been training since june and lost 3 stone of fat/muscle and am only approx 2 months from being ready to start to join the infantry. i have only just thought about how my medical record could effect my recuitment.

i need any advise on this as its causing sleepless nights.

to clarify i have never suffered with depression or any other mental problems.

what do i do from here??

either post or pm

many thanks in advance

Stretfordender

[mfat_man]

Stretfordender

We are all young and stupid once.. even me

My advice would be carry on as you are, don't try and hide what has happened, just tell it like it is. People generally respect people who are honest than those who cover things up.

I don't know what the recuiters will think but unless you have a long record of mental illness or medical prescriptions it might well be OK. Also many people suffer from these problems these days.

[Chris Deeside]

you will be deferred for 3 years from the date of diagnosis, since u were prescribed somethin.