After a long medical process I was referred to the senior medical officer for a bout of hair pulling when I was a teenager and some weeks later pronounced PMU for 'a prolonged anxiety related episode during [my] mid teens'.
I am planning to appeal it, on the grounds that I believe the hair pulling was habitual. As far as I can remember (and of course I will check) I was never diagnosed with anxiety and I was certainly never treated for it aside from stopping the hair pulling and that it was a long time ago, when I was 14/15 (I am now 21 and have had no symptoms or treatment for six years. Treatmentwise I was never prescribed medication, only advice on how to stop the hair pulling (wearing gloves in class and doodling to keep my hands busy, that sort of thing)
I was wondering if anyone had any advice on the appeal process or has been through a similar thing? Do you think I have much of a chance? I'm absolutely gutted by the decision, and want to make sure I do everything I can to overturn it.
I am planning to appeal it, on the grounds that I believe the hair pulling was habitual. As far as I can remember (and of course I will check) I was never diagnosed with anxiety and I was certainly never treated for it aside from stopping the hair pulling and that it was a long time ago, when I was 14/15 (I am now 21 and have had no symptoms or treatment for six years. Treatmentwise I was never prescribed medication, only advice on how to stop the hair pulling (wearing gloves in class and doodling to keep my hands busy, that sort of thing)
I was wondering if anyone had any advice on the appeal process or has been through a similar thing? Do you think I have much of a chance? I'm absolutely gutted by the decision, and want to make sure I do everything I can to overturn it.