CB ESA and now claiming IR part..

Hi all,
Please excuse the bullet points but it's the only way that my brain can relay the information..

1. Have MS and retired from work. 2013.
2. Work related pension now worth 465.00 pcm
3. Been claiming CB ESA for 3 years in support group now 200.00 fortnightly
4. Partner left me a month ago and as that meant his money went with him I thought I'd see if I qualified for the income related part of ESA as it would also be a path to Housing Beneit etc.
5. Rang Jobcentre Plus and asked if there were any updates yet and the nice lady on the other end of the phone said to me that I should get some advice from Citizens Advice as I could be worse off because of the different way that my Pension would be worked in to the calculations. I could stop the application if I wanted to. This isn't what I understtod..
6. Called Citiziens Advice and no appts for 3 weeks by which time it will be too late because my application would have been processed.

I'd appreciate any help at all..

Thanks a lot.....

Thanks for your reply Gordon,

I think you've answered my question