Newbie pip claimant- please be kind :-)

Hi,

I have just subscribed to this site after reading lots of good things about you all ...

I have had my PIP assessment today, carried out by Capita. I suffer with sever OCD, and I'm not sure how much she understood but I didn't get asked to do any of the memory tests or any other tests for that matter. Is this usual? As I have read that many people get asked to do the tests, and thought it odd I haven't been asked.

She was with me for over an hour, she let me talk, and I didn't feel rushed.

Feeling nervous about the outcome now.....

Hi Mell and Welcome to the forum, you might want to have a look at the following FAQ which explains where everything is

Welcome to Benefits and Work

I'm sorry you are finding the whole process so upsetting. We have given up trying to guess the outcome of a claim from the way the face2face was conducted! PIP decisions are currently taking around 8 weeks after the assessment, so I'm afraid you will have an anxious wait

You might wish to bookmark/favourite this on your web browser now so that you can find it later. This will allow you to return with further questions/comments about your PIP without having to start a new topic each time. It helps us enormously when everything relating to the same claim is kept in one place - and I hope you will find it useful too

Thank you for your reply

I know, at least I don't feel so alone now!

It is a hard process, and constantly feeling judged is hard, especially when it comes to something like mental health.

I wonder if someone could help. As I think most do, I have been going over and over the assessment in my head.

Lots of my .OCD is based around good and bad numbers, I have to read things 4 times to feel 'safe' (I'm sure I sound crazy but hay that's OCD). This relates to everything, how would this fit into a descriptor does anyone know?

Hi Mell,

If you have to do everything multiple times, does it take you much longer to get things done than normal?

Does someone have to prompt you to stop repeating, otherwise you would be there all day?

Are there things that you can only do at all on a 'good' day and, therefore, 'reliability' might be an issue?

These are just suggestions off the top of my head, it might be that members can come up with more ideas.

Hi All - so, I had my decision, it was a flat no, literally no points at all, I am angry at the reasons as it almost seems as if the assessment is of someone else!! what next? mandatory reconsideration I assume?