PIP

[gypsy49]

Not sure what to do got reply today (Friday) about PIP i failed i got 2 points for my being deaf and the stuff the assessor had written was a load of tosh right down to me being able to text message with mobile phone i don't even own one , I've suffered with anxiety pretty much all my life and depression it's that bad that even when i had a real bad Asthma do a few weeks back doctor wanted me to go into hospital i wouldn't go can't cope with strange places and fear of not understanding people with different accents , the assessor even said i can plan a route to new places and go alone hahaha i dont go alone to anywhere i don't know even going into town (9 miles away) i have to take tablets to stop me going to the loo i suffer with IBS too i start taking tablets the night before i also suffer with RLS which means i dont sleep along with fibro too all click to the anxiety . I can't believe the lies she's put and my anxiety and depression not even being accounted for not a mention she said i was very calm and was in full concentration hmm i lip read of course i was concentrating on her mouth so now i feel penalised (if spelt right) for lip reading plus talking my gran spent years teaching me to talk as i don't hear spoken words and now im in the wrong next time i'll sign . Anyone know what i can do next there;s no way i can go to court wouldn't make it there .

Thank you for reading sorry i've babbled on im at my whit end what to do .

[Blue42]

Hi, I'm sorry you were treated so appallingly. I don't know much about PIP but I would urge you to appeal the decision. It's obvious they have made many mistakes in your assessment. xx

[gypsy49 in reply to Blue42]

I really don't think they give a hoot about anyones feelings all the statement as to why i didn't get it are lies one being that i walk alone to visit friends hmmm i live in the sticks near a very busy A road my friends and family are 9 miles away , im going get my daughter to hone them Monday and ask for a Mandatory Reconsideration go from there but if it come to appealing there;s no way i can go to court i wouldn't make it . thank you for replying xx

[Blue42 in reply to gypsy49]

Try to speak to the citizens advice service as well, they may be able to give you help with your appeal. I wish you all the best xx

[gypsy49 in reply to Blue42]

Thank you Blue will do see if they can help and thank you for your time x

[Blue42 in reply to gypsy49]

Your welcome, wish I could be of more help to you x

[gypsy49 in reply to Blue42]

No worries one of the things when you kind of feel alone everyone has been so kind again thank youxx

[Need-hope]

I failed for pip too. Although I have read articles about people with ms who are bed bound not getting benefits they deserve. The woman said I did not seem anxious (did she want me shaking in the corner) even though I was sweating buckets the whole time and nearly through up. It's shocking how it is nowadays x

[gypsy49 in reply to Need-hope]

Aye i know there's plenty a whole lot worst than myself that's having a hard time getting PIP it's so so unfair putting folk through all this crap for us it only makes matters worst to me im damned if i did and im damned if i didn't sitting on my sofa leaning forward with elbows on my knees trying to keep control with the RLS and my back if i hadn't then i would have been up and down pacing the floor thenshe would have said i was walking about , Anxiety gone through the roof at the moment and depression i thought they changed the rulings on mental health hmm... like you i felt sick thewhole time she was here i really can't cope with strangers specially ones i can't lipread gggrrr

[Tiffany14 in reply to gypsy49]

Yes everyone is failing and 1 in 10 are too ill to fight back so everyone get that reconsideration done and everyone get that tribunal done because it's just the government using a penalizing system and praying that NO ONE fights back!!!!!! Get letters from friends carers social workers school teachers therapists whoever you can and get them sent in. It's bad I know but we're not going down without a fight from BPD girl.

[gypsy49 in reply to Tiffany14]

I've asked friends and family to write me letters i'll ask dr too she'll do me one . im going to fight no worries on that just as long as i don't have to travel it's the appeal im worried about if it gets that far not sure i could get to wherever it is they do it , blumming anxiety hate it with a passion .

[jacqueline121]

Hi gypsy, sorry you’ve had to go through this.

I would recommend getting in touch with fightback4justice. They are brilliant, I believe they can give you free help but if you can afford to pay them £11.99 a month they will fill forms for you and even go to court with you plus any other help you need. They are qualified lawyers who deal with this all the time. You only pay for as long as it takes. Probably a few months.

They’ve been helping me for years and haven’t failed me yet.

Don’t let them treat you this way, fight for your rights.

Best wishes

[gypsy49 in reply to jacqueline121]

Someone else mentioned them yesterday so i had a look and thats about it i haven't got £11.99 a month to spare sadly other wise i would have gone to them thats the sad thing not everyone has that kind of money in loose change i hear they're good really good but not if you haven't got that sort of money laying around. CAB is about what i can afford my daughter's phoning them tomorrow for me and the DWP ask for MR fingers cross it doesn't go as far as an appeal or im naffed that'll take nearly a year or so and there's no way i can go to wherever the appeal would take place i'd never get out the house only go into local town once a month thats enough for me and that bad enough lol

[jacqueline121]

Oh and court wasn’t that bad, I person, I doctor and one person from the DWP.

[gypsy49 in reply to jacqueline121]

nope...... no way could i i'd never get out the house the thought of traveling to something like that i'd have to have the loo strapped to me just going into town i take 10 to 13 tablets that stop me going to the loo only suppose to take 4 .

[jacqueline121]

Well good luck. I really hope you get the help you need.

CAB are good too.

[gypsy49 in reply to jacqueline121]

Thank you i hope they are good bit causious ?? not sure of spelling of them seeing they work with DWP now days :/