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Driving medical - depression

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Wonderfulday · 31/07/2024 15:56

My son applied for his provisional driving license and had to go for a medical as he was on anti-depressants. His own GP and his CAMHS counsellor gave their statement to say he was stable and his condition nor his medication would have any impact on his ability to drive. HOWEVER he was still subjected to a medical by the driving agency which asked questions about my marriage, where we happy couple, what relationship did he have with siblings, they asked about the reason he self harmed, how deep the cuts were, where on his body he cut, why he had depression, what does he talk to his counsellor about, how was his school life, they didn't accept generic answers, they pushed and pushed. What relevance does any of that have on his ability to drive! I was expecting questions like, does your medication make you drowsy, have you thoughts of harming others etc AIBU to take this further as in a complaint?? Surely if the people treating him for years say he is stable they should accept that without making him divulge personal issues to a complete stranger about things that happened when he was about 15!!! I am so furious that he was put through this!

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Wonderfulday · 14/08/2024 18:42

Still not through yet

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I have calmed down now! When we got the transcript through I rang and spoke with the clinic, the doctor was lovely and kind enough to call me back and explained that there isn't a list of questions, it's more of a conversation to try and get the info they require, she was very understanding and reassuring so I am leaving it as it is. He was granted a 1 year licence so he will at least know what to expect next time round

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He was, but when you see it in the conversation it doesn't seem as bad, those questions stand alone sound worse but in the context of the "conversation" it made sense

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