Well assessment all done !!!!!!!! 👍🤗😊😬 nothing to fret about anymore nothing to read over and over again to make sure I have the wording correct or that I haven't missed telling them something that's really important. Nothing more I can do.
Wasn't actually as bad as I thought. Its not much what they ask , it's how you answer. I had in my mind not to deviate from what they ask and go off on a tangent and end up answering a different question to what was asked. Also I got to the point, only told what's necessary and important.
So for you good people out there waiting to have your assessment ...PLEASE DON'T WORRY.
All your doing is talking about yourself and how life is for you.
You'll maybe find ,as did I, that you were worrying over nothing during it all.
So have a good evening and hope this finds you all with what we Fibro Guys n Gals would call an ok day.
F 🤗
Written by
Frenchi88
To view profiles and participate in discussions please or .
I’m glad you didn’t have a bad experience. You are lucky. My assessor started my interview an hour late and it lasted an hour and a half! She asked the same question over and over again to try to get a different answer. I definitely felt she was trying to catch me out or wear me down. I was so upset afterwards and was it caused a pain major flare up. My partner was with me and he too was disgusted by the way I was treated. When I got the report she had omitted loads of my evidence and made lots of assumptions that were not true. I got zero points which was overturned when I requested a reconsideration. I hope you got one of the decent ones and your award comes through.
That's very unfortunate that your experience was so upsetting and unnecessarily more stressful than it needed to be.I don't know what they think they'll gain from making people stressed in such an already stressful situation.
You answering incorrectly or not stating things you wanted to say or get across isn't going to help anybody in the long run.
I'm really sorry for you to have to sit through and hour and half of this c##p which is like a lifetime for things which cause anxiety.
I'm not sure of the protocol with these things but I personally would look into complaining about the assessor, they surely must have a line not to cross. I just think they should be held accountable and just because of the type of job they are doing does give them cart blanche to do as they please.
You are a human being and should be treated as so. They are doing a job AND no matter what that job is they have a responsibility to be professional and treat as they expect to be treated.
ABSOLUTELY APPALLING!!
it's assessors like these that make the whole assessment a dreadful thing to experience
Hope your outcome was successful and thanks for messaging
Thanks. I did consider submitting a complaint. Everyone has told me I should appeal too as I only got the standard rate and zero points for mobility. I just don’t have the energy at the moment. The whole thing is such an ordeal. Punishing us for being unwell. It should be assessed from reports I’ve sent them from my pain clinic assessments by actual fibromyalgia specialists. I must have spent at least six hours filling in forms for the claim and the reconsideration.
If they had an inkling of what the pain is like for us they wouldn't put us through the Spanish inquisition the way they do. They ask "what can you do on your good days" I said to my assessor they really should rewrite that question as they may have better days but "good days " don't really exist.Its a gruelling thing to go through and I guess they make it as difficult as they can so that those who need to apply will think twice. It certainly made me think twice , I've had Fibro since I was a child plus now have Osteoarthritis and some other stuff. It got to the point where things at home financially were not good and my ability has changed even more so it was then next step for me plus everybody telling me I should apply.
Anyway we,ll see what happens when they tell me their findings.
I do get that it's a challenge to complain and you have to be in the right frame of mind to begin so I completely understand.
It's horrible that what you were entitled to was in the first place such an ordeal to get.
I had an assessment that I felt went well too. I would, however, suggest that it would be worth your while to contact DWP next week to ask if you can have a copy of your assessment report.
It's handy to have to a copy of it not only as a record of the assessment for your reference but to see what assumptions, if any, they've made during the time you were there. They are very good at making assumptions. It makes also makes it much easier to compile a MR should you need it.
Funny you should mention this as I was thinking whether or not you could do this , so you have answered my question THANK YOU !!! So I absolutely will do this. I did call before my assessment to ask for them to record for me but they wanted to change my appointment date to another when I already had a hospital appointment so I didn't bother as didn't want to have to wait again for another date.
Oh my goodness , how horrible for you, to get all psyched up and then no call. BUT for me that would be a good thing as when I wait on something that makes me anxious I get less worried when they do call as I'm a little bit annoyed over the waiting and being let down.
As I stated they are asking questions about YOU and how YOUR life is , and who knows you better than YOU...honestly I really don't want you to worry as I did (a little) as you'll be sorry you put too much emphasis on it. My call was half hour past my appointment time , which as I said made me fed up waiting and wanted them to call to get on with it.
Maybe since replying to me you hopefully have had a new appointment or the assessment has been done already!!!
Content on HealthUnlocked does not replace the relationship between you and doctors or other healthcare professionals nor the advice you receive from them.
Never delay seeking advice or dialling emergency services because of something that you have read on HealthUnlocked.
Lost it!
Some information regarding the change over from DLA to PIP and the assessment involved.
Blue badge for fibro
Been, done and dusted disgusted. No kitchen sink needed.
ESA & PIP - IMPORTANT to KNOW HOW 
