I'm so confused!Do i have to call for an application form or is there somewhere online.
The very thought of the application process terrifies me, not to mention completing the form.
Because i only take paracetamol and/or ibuprofen for pain when I need it I feel like not going to be taken seriously.
There are days when I feel like I can barely stretch around to wipe my own backside after the toilet. Wow often I stand at the bottom of the stairs looking up to the bathroom and feel too exhausted to walk up there -- it may as well be like climbing Mount Everest.
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Don’t know what’s up with me today, I’ve got the dreaded “jelly” feeling washing over me. What’s more my energy level has left home 😵💫
Still applying for jobs but hearing nothing.
Have been on the phone to DWP this morning and they’re sending through the online PIP form. An element which does scare me is that I’ve largely been self-managing since being diagnosed. Not too many GP visits, some physio but that was back in the midlands via my GP there.
Not sure how that’s going to be ‘evidenced’ by my GP here!
if you need money because you can’t work, then it’s the wrong benefit. PIPis to support disability in living, & not to do with unemployment. If it’s because you cannot work, there are other benefits available. All the info is on the web site gov.uk. The press/media has been full of the changes they are implementing very soon with PIP. They are going to supply money to help people buy aids to help disability. All you have to do is answer the questions honestly, & if your needs are great, you will receive it. You may have to go to a meeting to discuss it, after filling in the form, or have a meeting on the phone. They will go through all your answers & you will get a chance to make more comments. The questions on the form aren’t complicated, they refer to your everyday life. Fill in a couple a day if you find it too long.
You can do the form online but I prefered to take my time and do it in writing as sitting on my phone trying to do it would be a nightmare and also it was less stress to be able to do it over a few days. Call and request a form is all I can say, I only take paracetamol for pain but I do take Duloxetine for mynerve sensations with fibromyalgia, I can't take anti inflammatory meds after almost having a stomach ulcer from them. All I can say is be honest but base it on your worse days, I know the feeling about wiping your butt! Its often a difficult task and I believe you can get a stick thing to help but I told them the truth that I have a step to help me in and out the bath, I get in and hold the shower head and just wash it on days like that. Even mention the little things like I take ages to get dressed especially socks on my feet (love the warm weather as I don't wear them) and buy prediced veg as I suffer and am likely to cut myself peeling and chopping them. Good luck!
TBF I’ve had my link to the online version, I tend to use my Kindle Fire tablet for online stuff that needs a bigger screen.
Don’t mention socks to me - never imagined something as simple would ever become such a trial. All joints feel ‘frozen’ and stiff - toes, feet, ankles, hips …… you name it, they just don’t work 😬
I’m sorry to hear you get stiff joints! The best advice I can give about the PIP form is base it off of your worst day and don’t try and play the tough act everyone else gets. I did that and it got rejected so I had to re-apply and got it based on my worst days. I personally find stairs to be quite difficult so I bum shuffle up them 😅.
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