pip manditory reconsideration,

hi ,ive just recieved my deaded brown envelope this morning and was very disheartened to be tolf i am not being awarded pip on daily or mobility ,i scored 2 points in the daily liveing allowance and 4 points in the mobility,. ive been housbound for 4 yrs due to ptsd and severe anxiety and depression,if there is a dr appoint i have to go to i have to have my mum with me and go in the car ,i havnt been able to use public transport for 4 yrs ,totaly isolated myself from friends etc ,, i didnt recieve any point for most of the question i answerd and seems the asseseor has lied about everytin i said in appointment i feel so alone and isolated i dont know where to turn or what to do,ive joined this site but cant seem to find out what to do ,ive rang pip up and asked for a reconsideration and been told i have to do so in writing within 4 weeks od letter i recieved ,, can anyone advice me on what to write in this letter ,, they have had all evidence from medical ,ie;mental health pysotherapist ,but ime on waiting list to be seem so apart from being to a assesment ime still waiting for the appointment to start therapy,.
thanks in advance for any help or advice ,. xx

hi, i recieved my letter from pip assesment and have not been awarded daily or mobility component, ive been homebound for the past 4 yrs and suffer very bad anxiety depression ,oestio athritus ,i so not go outside the door ,my parent are elderly and they do my grocery shopping ,take care of my budgeting as ime unable to manage paying bills etc , with the medication ime on i get vet drousy and i also suffer insomnia which causes extreme tiredness during the day plus medication ime on for pain and depression and anxiety, ime not safe to cook food as have fallen asleep whilst food is cookin and have set smoke alarm off numerous amount of time ,with the athritus on my worst days i cannot do hardly anything as my hand kness and back can be so painfull and weak ,my weight has increased by 3 ston due to not going anywer and medication and suffer extreme fatique also and even walkin from one room to another ime out of breath and feel like ive walked a marathin, anyway sorry for going on butthe only points i scored was for mobility 4 point sayin i need prompting to go out ,this is absurd as i do not go anyer and physicaly mentaly cant ,,and the only point i had for daily was 2 points for ,engaging with other people i had 2 points,, this is also untrue because i do not socialise and suffer social anxiety i lock myself away from people even family ,i get very anxious if i have to spk to sumone i dont know ,just seem everything ive said they have decided is untrue and made there own opinion up, feel a utter waste of time they even arrange a face to face as they seems to put down what they like , is there anyone who can advise me on what to do now ,ive rang the pip u and asked for a manditory reconsideration and also requested for the report from assesment ,, but apart from that i dont know where to start writing a letter askin them to reconsider as feel it so difficult to explain how my disabilities effect me from day to day with one word question i was asked in assesment plus i felt she rushed me and didnt give me a chance to explain fully ,,i spent most of the assessment breakin into tears through feeling so vulnerable as had noone with me for support as my daughter had hospttal appoin that morn and she is the one that does everytin for me ,
thanks for reading and would be so gratefull for some help and advice , xx

Hello Alison

I'm so sorry you are feeling so low; it really is bad to make you go through all this without any help. Hopefully your daughter will be able to help you with the next step.

Once you have your copy of the assessment, you and your daughter should go through it and pick out the places where you feel you should have scored points but didn't. Make a note of all these points, and when you begin to fill in your form make sure that you point out where your actual ability and what the assessor said was your ability don't agree. Don't be aggressive about it; just state quite clearly and calmly what the differences are.If you haven't enough space on the form to put your answers, then write your full answer to each question on a sheet of paper with your full name and national insurance number on it .

Make sure that you point out the problems you have because of the medications you are on; about your falling asleep during preparation of meals etc etc. Ensure that you point out that you don't go out the house because you physically and emotionally can't go out., and all the prompting in the world won't make you able to go out, Also tell them that you are unable to manage your own financial affairs, and rely on your parents to help you with this.

Is your daughter able to help you with writing out the form? If not perhaps you can contact the CAB and ask if they are able to help, or can suggest someone you can turn to to help you? DIAL can sometimes help, if you have an office local to you.Other members of the forum might be able to help you better with ideas of what to put on your form - if they have had the same experiences as you with the assessment and the award , and so on. When you have had a chance to look at your assessment form get back to us if you aren't sure where to go next and we will try to help.

thankyou sooo much for replying to me and giving me advice , was wondering do i send the manditory reconsideration letter to pip before i recieved the report from the assesment as ime worried it may take a while for them to send this to me as you only have aa month from the letter you recieve , ?. ive looked up on this site about manditory reconsideration letter and have copied the eg letter , or do i have to put excactly what i disagree on the 0 points i recieved in the assesment and explain why i think i should of had points,, or do i just send the eg letter and wait till i have to appeal to give all reason why i believe i should be awarded pip standard and mobility,,
any advice will be much appreaciated ,.
thankyou,.x