Need advice on Eligibility Form for Medicann

[Adi]

Hi All, I'm new to this compassionate forum, so my very best wishes to everyone. Have gone through the process of huge research and eventually realising that there appears to be no really really good MC company in the UK except possibly the Cardiff one and it's a bit too expensive for me. I was close to deciding Integro was maybe best to try, but have decided to start with Medicann, as I see some well seasoned MC users on this forum seem to be moving there and it appears not expensive.

I was completing Medicann online "Eligibility Form" and it asks the following question: "Have you ever been diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, or have you been suicidal or self-harmed in the past 2 years? ".

I am worried about what happens if I answer "Yes". Essentially I have contemplated suicide because I have a horrible 23 year illness which causes a whole plethora of terrible body effects from pain to spasms to chronic fatigue and various other symptoms. I have not tried to commit suicide and I have not been right on the edge of trying suicide, but I have shared with my GP about these feelings as connected with not wanting to go on indefinitely living in my condition, so I suspect there's probably a note on my NHS account saying "thoughts about suicide" or something similar. I really feel that thoughts about suicide and suicidal are not exactly the same, suicidal seeming to denote that someone is right on the edge of trying. The issue is of course that the question "have you ever been suicidal" seems somewhat general. A lot of people with painful and restrictive illness can have feelings that they might want to end the body's life - I don't know if that actually means they have been suicidal. Naturally I am worried especially as the question has been bundled in with "schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder" which are of course diagnosis that tend to shut the door on MC. If I answered "yes" but had the chance to have an online appointment, I'm sure it would all be fine, but my fear is that if I answer "yes" then the system will automatically decline me without any human interaction. In cases like this I would naturally phone the company and explain the dilemma, but Medicann UK do not seem big on easy accessibility to customer service.

Does anyone have any experience or knowledge or advice they feel regarding this situation?

Many thanks

 

[GrownHealth]

Welcome to the community @Adi and its good to see you trying to access MC to help relieve your symptoms .

In the same situation I would answer no from what you have wrote here but I would elaborate when they get in touch to clarify as you have mentioned it to the doctors and hopefully this is successful but I fear done the other way round it could get the blanket response but I do feel you would be right to answer no with their wording .

 

[Lank72]

Welcome to the community @Adi and its good to see you trying to access MC to help relieve your symptoms .

In the same situation I would answer no from what you have wrote here but I would elaborate when they get in touch to clarify as you have mentioned it to the doctors and hopefully this is successful but I fear done the other way round it could get the blanket response but I do feel you would be right to answer no with their wording .

What he said, especially if they have bundled things up together - I think you should feel comfortable in saying 'no' to the question on the form, and then talking to it as makes sense based on your situation during any review

Hope it goes ok

 

[JR52]

Welcome mate

 

[cornucopia]

Hello & welcome, I think you are right about there not being a perfect uk clinic, they all seem to have some positives and negatives.