Claiming super for medical costs TMS

[SucculentQueen]

Hi All, 

Has anyone been able to claim on their super early to treat mental health conditions? I am looking in to seeing if I can claim to cover the cost of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. If depression is life threatening I dont see why TMS cannot be viewed as a potentially life saving treatment.

Be great to hear from anyone who has information on this.

Thanks 

[Croix]

Dear Succulentqueen~

Welcome to the Forum, if you look around you may find others who have been in the  same position and how they went.

As far as I know (and I am NOT an expert) the condition need not be life threatening and does induce mental illness.

I suggest you look at the ATO page (they govern such matters) and go from there

https://www.ato.gov.au/individuals-and-families/super-for-individuals-and-families/super/withdrawing...

It is so frustrating to need any medical procedure and it is out of reach for financial reasons -good luck

If you can please let us know how you get on, I'm sure other would be interested

Croix

[SucculentQueen]

Thank You Croix for your reply and for doing the leg work. The details in that link look promising. Will detail the outcome here.  

[SucculentQueen]

Hi to anyone reading this, I can confirm that according to the ATO website, an early release of super claim can be made on the basis of having an acute or chronic mental illness. We need to have a gp report and a second report from a specialist in the area. I imagine this would be a psychiatrist or similar. I havent submitted my claim yet but will update on how I go. 

No idea if anyone is even reading this forum anymore but hope this info is useful to someone else out there if, like me, you have a useless amount of super sitting around and think its better off invested in your own mind.

[Croix]

Dear SucculentQueen~

Thanks for getting all the info,it will be of help to others in the same situation.

I'm glad you can see a way forward now

Croix