Defeated and tired.

I was approved to become a participant 3 days ago after applying in June. I was not told this. I found out because I emailed my LAC this morning to check in on the progress and she delivered the news.

But one line in her email really captured the mess this system is in right now. She said, "Did the NDIS contact you regarding this?"

No, they didn't. No letter, text, or email. I'm seeing online that some of you have been waiting over 6 months for your first plan. I have ASD and ADHD and this last year has been a whirlwind of medical appointments, diagnoses, endless meetings with various doctors and Centrelink and so many people. So many medications - trying, adjusting, side effects, changing, my body struggling to keep up.

God knows how anyone without a partner or a support network goes through this.

Telling the same story over and over and over again. Desperately calling for help.

I know it will come and I know I just have to keep waiting. But man I'm so exhausted. Hoping others in the same boat can share some positive experiences or light at the end of the tunnel.