Petition Letter
This year I have been diagnosed with anxiety and depression, which has impacted my academic standing significantly. i have now switch programs from civil engineering to a general arts degree in geography to deal with my lack of academic sucess. This was not an easy change at all as the school was not supportive nor had a contact to aide me in the process of switching programs. This caused a high degree of stress and my academics standing plummeted more and forced me to get medication and medical help for my depression. I have missed a significant amount of school and have been trying to regain normal routine with a summer job north of Toronto. This summer I took a job to maintain some normal scheduling at my cottage. I did not anticipate the hours I have had to work. I have not been able to maintain studying and completing required homework for this course while working this intense job. The balance of these two things have only increased the symptoms of my anxiety and depression which I struggle with on a daily basis in all aspects of my life. I have now had to seek out more medical help for this. I have also had to increase my dosage of anti depressants due to this situation however it has not helped me complete the work I am required to for this course. Attached is a letter from my family doctor who is aware of my situation because my local psychiatrist in Kingston has not been reachable due to her summer holiday hours. This has only made things worse as the past few weeks trying to contact a doctor has been very difficult.