Quote Originally Posted by Savy View Post
But you said like 4 times it's hard to get?
It's hard to get a long term depression diagnosis. Your average high street doctor doesn't give a fuck and will happily sign you off for a month or two to get you out of his office. This won't work for long though, not unless you're prepared to keep lying about your mental health, pretend to take the pills he's prescribing, and go and see shrinks and whoever else he tells you to see, while filling in forms saying how your mental disability affects you ability to work.

I should rephrase. It's really hard to get a depression diagnosis long term and not tread very dangerously into outright benefit fraud territory.