Help.

stephyt23

Just looked at the appeals details for my uni and it states that you must have a good reason for not using the extenuating circumstances before failing parts of the course as retrospective claims are not usually accepted... which is what yours is as you didn't inform the uni until after the exams and are now saying they contributed to you failing.

The procedure at my uni is then to ask for a completion of procedures letter which goes to an independent adjudicator to decide if you were unfairly treated

puresiesta

why don't you guess?

what were/are you on?

I know it sounds outrageous but It is true.
being able to sleep 8 hours a night straight from around 11-12pm has I believe been a major contributing factors. The GP stressed that I take the medication 1 hour before i idealy would like to be asleep by.

I have also changed my diet. I eat like I did previous to my shocking diet in the last year or so and it is alot healtier than it was at that point with alot of supplements and foods that are reported to help relieve depression, anxiety and stress.


It has not only been my medication. My freinds and family are all now aware of it and have been extremely supportive.

My friends have gone out of thier way to get my back to the way I was before.

melancholly

i'd say the big difference is that it's not so much of a big deal to resit the first year, whereas it is for the second year. i think it's beginning to sound like excuses and not reasons - sorry to say that but this looks like flogging a dead horse.....i can't see the university saying that since your diet is better, come on back.... find a plan B.

incidentally, have you spoken to student services, your personal tutor, the course leader etc etc as advised?

divastrop

I am waiting with baited breath to find out the name of these magic tablets that cure depression within 8 weeks. Most antidepressants have to be taken for a minimum of 6 months after you have started to feel better, not just for 3-6 months full stop. I am also curious to know whether the OP had any episodes of depression before January, as it seems very unusual for it to just appear out of the blue for no apparent reason?

The_One_Who

Within six to eight weeks you can usually know if an anti-depressant is wrong for you (ongoing side effects, for example), but the positive effects (if any!) will only be starting to develop and make themselves known. I have never known anyone to take their medication before bed either, but it might be a different medication from the ones I have experience of.

From what I know, it is now more difficult to resit years, mainly because of the increasing stresses on university funds as well as being pushed to take on more students. Take a year out (or look to see if any courses start in January, some do), figure out exactly what you want to do and then re-apply with the possibility of a credit transfer if you want.

bestpud

puresiesta wrote: »

He was resiting his 1st year again.
another falt mate was also resiting his 1st year.
I am not allowed to re-sit, but they are?????


the guy i mentioned failed a module again this year and told he can no longer continue. He appealed with no circumstances that effected his performace but appealed through the same methods as me with the r4r and academic appeal. Like me he was rejected......( I am not surprised by this decision) (( I clearly have more of a reason to be allowed a re-take year as the uni clearly offers them and for no reason at all.))((i did have a reason)).

He has less options than me, but I seem to have been catagorised with these kind of students the ones that have failed a year already and re-taken..... i should be allowed the same rights as them.

You sound like a studious bunch!

I suppose it's no use me asking if they sought help or advice when you were housebound?

If you ever go back to uni, it may be helpful to surround yourself with 'better' students... :cool:

Nicky321

The_One_Who wrote: »

I have never known anyone to take their medication before bed either, but it might be a different medication from the ones I have experience of.

My son actually took 2 off 1 tablet and 1 off 1 tabletin the morning and , 4 x 1 tablet at night. But it does take longer than a few weeks or a couple of months to recover from MH issues.

atypical

The_One_Who wrote: »

Within six to eight weeks you can usually know if an anti-depressant is wrong for you (ongoing side effects, for example), but the positive effects (if any!) will only be starting to develop and make themselves known. I have never known anyone to take their medication before bed either, but it might be a different medication from the ones I have experience of.

From what the OP has said it's almost definitely a tricyclic antidepressant, most likely amitriptyline. It's often taken as a single dose at night as it has sedative properties making it particularly useful for those who are agitated or anxious (or who find it difficult to sleep).

It's possible to see some improvement after 2 weeks or so but it normally takes 4-6 weeks to start taking effect. After which mood generally improves over months. It's recommended that after the depression has passed that treatment is continued for 6 months.

divastrop

atypical wrote: »

From what the OP has said it's almost definitely a tricyclic antidepressant, most likely amitriptyline. It's often taken as a single dose at night as it has sedative properties making it particularly useful for those who are agitated or anxious (or who find it difficult to sleep).

It's possible to see some improvement after 2 weeks or so but it normally takes 4-6 weeks to start taking effect. After which mood generally improves over months. It's recommended that after the depression has passed that treatment is continued for 6 months.

GP's rarely prescribe tricyclics as a first-line treatment for moderate depression though, even if there is difficulty with sleep.

melancholly

i think it's difficult to speculate on what the medication is - it would be a mild anti depressant plus some kind of sleep aid.... it could be anything! determining the actual drug won't help the OP at all.... assuming that they haven't contacted anyone at the uni, this is a done deal.

i can only recommend moving to the OU. having done 2 years, there won't be another 3 years of funding to do a different course. i think some time away would make sense anyway, just to get sorted and decide if this really is what they want to do.... getting some medication isn't going to make the expulsion get reversed. i'm still unclear if the paperwork relates to mitigating circumstances or a separate special situations post-exam set up. without those details, nothing more to add.

i hope the OP feels better - and that they realise that actions, or lack of them, have consequences and that in the real world, not everyone will bend over backwards to help - initiative has to come from an individual. it's a tough lesson but lots of us have been there in some way or other.......