Hi, I was just wondering, If you still fill in the forms as though you're having a bad day, before you take any medication or is it you're having a bad day after you have taken you're medication???? I have always filled in all my forms, as though I'm having a bad day before taking any medications. Is this still correct?? Thank you.
This has never been the correct advice although I know that many advisors still say this and I have received this advice myself. There have been several high profile prosecutions against claimants who have done this resulting in £10,000s having to be repaid and their receiving criminal records.
You need to explain how your conditions affect you across a range of severities, certainly explain how you are when you are at your worst, but also explain how you are on average and how you are at your best. For each of these you need to explain how often you are affected in this way
Again, ignoring the effects of medicine would mean that you are misrepresenting how your conditions affect you on a daily basis, you will be assessed on the basis of you taking any prescribed medicine and there may be a considerable difference in what you can do with and without your medicine.
Gordon
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