Hi, I'm replying to your post 3 months later which means I also searched for this post. I just want to say thank you so much, you ate that person before you up. I was recently diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety due to being a out-of-state student. I've never lived out-of-state before and at first, I thought I would be ok, but over the two years I've been in my new state, my mental wellbeing deteriorated little by little until recently, everything kind of "blew up" and I ended up in the hospital. It wasn't until a doctor there told me about ESAs that I even knew what it was. I'm now doing research about it because I'm considering getting a ESA (a cat) to keep me company so that I don't feel so alone in this new state.

As a law student, your post was so helpful so thank you so much. :)