Class 1 Initial - referred to psychiatrist!
Hi all,
First post here so apologies if I've made an error somewhere.
I went for my Class 1 Initial a couple of weeks ago and took along my GP record. On the record it made note of a diagnosis of IBS I had several years ago, and it also say "anxiousness re? IBS". I was told my the AME that I must visit a gastroenterologist and psychiatrist for reports. A little surprised by this but didn't question it. Went to see a gastroenterologist and he wrote me a report, all good there. I never recall any issues whatsoever with anxiousness or anxiety so contacted my GP. They wrote to me to say these are so called 'read codes' and are misleading in the sense that they do not give a diagnosis but are categories GP's use when writing notes on your file. Now if I go ahead with an evaluation, it will cost me £390 and several weeks.
Are there any ways around this whatsoever as my AME said he could defer it to the CAA but I don't know the implications of this such as time, money?
All advice or experience would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Dan