GP is beyond unhelpful, the last time I saw him about mh stuff he refused to refer me to the CMHT because my local autism service (which is basically defunct, been waiting 4 years for them to see me) is more appropriate. He’s right, they probably are from what I’ve heard about them but been waiting 4 years so not hopeful they’ll help.
Ended up spending Saturday and Sunday night with partner, that helped. Didn’t end up phoning 111 but did email my support worker and she saw me this morning. It did help to talk things through, she’s gonna get in touch with the counselling service for me and say that I need to be seen asap and chase up autism service, but did say that they are focusing on diagnosis and not management. Asked me what I’d been referred for (OT input to help manage sensory issues) and said that they don’t currently have any OTs so she’s going to look into what else might help, whether that be seeing her more often (only see her when I need to) and advocacy with jobcentre but thats hard to arrange because all appointments are mandatory and sometimes the date I’m goven she can’t do. I did look into the medical/ESA route but GP refused to sign me off for more than a month and by the time assessment came around, it had run out and they told me I didn’t qualify without one. Support worker is of the opinion I probably don’t need a work capability assessment as I’m quite high functioning (currently doing a teaching qualification) and that advocacy rather than getting GP to sign me off might be more helpful. Currently waiting to hear if someone can come with me to my jobcentre appointment on the 5th, support worker isn’t working that day but has emailed her colleagues that are to see if one of them can go with me.
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