personel indepance form

[laneyh11]

Hi im a newbie I have had fibro for seven years and am on dla ive been told that i will have to fill a pip form in is there anywere on line that i could get help with filling this form i am very nervous about doing this thankyou

[Hidden]

Contact your local CAB office and they will arrange to send someone out to fill it in for you or send away for a form and make an appointment at the CAB office, go in, they will fill it in for you xxx

[laneyh11 in reply to Hidden]

thankyou .

[rosewine]

Come back to us if you can't get help from the CAB as there are other places to look but Ryanbones advice is good as they are the experts as fibro is a funny illness to have to describe as it is so fluctuating in its nature. Do let us know how you get on.x

[laneyh11 in reply to rosewine]

thankyou will get back to you.

[LaurieLee]

Hi, it truly is a difficult and depressing form. I believe that the only site worth looking at is Benefitsandwork. All one word. I used it and got onto ESA support and DLA without having an interview. They show you how to fill in the forms correctly, showing you how many points in theory you would get. With supporting evidence from hospitals, consultants, absolutely anything you can find along with the form. The only way to keep the site open is to charge £19.99 for a year. Just look at the site and you will see reviews from others, including myself a few years ago. You can use it for ESA, And PIP, plus appeals and tribunals. I actually am going to get it myself this week, even though at present I don't need it, because I think the people who run it are amazing and I would hate for the site to close down as it has no other means of support.

Keep copies of the form, plus everything you send and post by RECORDED DELIVERY, so they can't say they didn't receive it.

Just have a look at the site. It's worth every penny. Oh, by the way, as suggested by them, I answered most questions with a NO and put in writing next to it see attached Page (whatever page number you have written or typed on) for example. Can you pick up an empty box. No, because it would increase pain dramatically and I would have trouble bending and getting up. As we often just put Yes, but fail to mention the effect it has on the body. The form is deciphered by a computer, initially. Does that make sense, i hope so. Sorry, the answer is so long, but felt I had to try and make it clear. Also, before I started, every time I thought of a symptom I wrote it down on a writing pad, so i didn't forget anything, as I often do. FIBRO FOG makes filling in forms very difficult.😓

Good luck. Just take it a bit at a time.

lOts of best wishes.

LaurieLee

[laneyh11 in reply to LaurieLee]

thankyou laurie my husband will fill it in for me and im getting the idea how to put things down will let you no how i get on.

[TheAuthor]

Welcome to the forum and it is wonderful to make your acquaintance. As the others have said the CAB is very good for this. FMA UK (our parent site) also have a benefits helpline that may prove useful, I have pasted you a link below:

fmauk.org/contactsmenu/help...

I want to genuinely and sincerely wish you all the best of luck.

All my hopes and dreams for you

Ken

[laneyh11 in reply to TheAuthor]

thankyou ken

[kathlaidlaw]

yes hun I think there is a link on here and also there is fightback they are very goo you find them on face book

[laneyh11]

thankyou

[Hidden]

Wishing lots of luck and I do hope you feel the best you can through this process x gentle hugs x