Just had to declare my brief spell of PND on my Ofsted Health Declaration booklet-need advice!!!!!!

[MilaMae]

I'm now worried I won't pass as have to tick the box with depression,anxiety,stress related illness,mental health probs.

As far as I'm concerned I've had none of those, to me PND was a temporary hormonal thing and to be honest I often wonder if where I was concerned more to do with the sleep deprivation involved with having 3 under 18 months.

Has anybody else declared it and had problems,should I write a covering note on the form????

Hi, are you becoming a childminder?

i am and i also had depression (due to sexual abuse as a achild) and PND, i told my inspector as wella s putting it down on my form, i told her id tooktablets (OD) as a child) as well and we discussed it all and she said as i now have myself sorted (didnt matter wether i was still taking tabs, but i wasnt) it wasnt a prob but the fact id been open and honest was a good positive step for me as she could then say to anyone who may have brought it up "oh yes i know, we spoke in lengh aout it, its not a prob"..good luck..you may find though, theyll do a more indepth health check on you..again mine was fine

oh, i would put a star next to that box and write "see notes", then explain exactly what area it was so they dont have to assume

Thanks

Yes it's for childminding.

there was another cm on here who was still taking ad's and she was a veyr good and succesful cm, so it wont put ofsted off..you should pop over to the childminders threads if you need any more advice