PIP.agoraphobia & 'going out'

thank yyou sue, same, life dla to pip.

just stuck on those 9 questions, as just replied to gordon again, even my dr doesnt know

im doing form in bits and started on thiis first, but cant get answer,and witth all the form like esa. i will need to write so much on separate paperr, as i suffer from so much
i dont feel good rigght now

thhank you. i know and as said in reply to sue and have already said, i have complex medical problems so much of daily life is a struggle. iexistt.

its the 'going out' part of form as said, is what i am so so losst on , fee;l like throwing in tthe towel over this part of form
not even startd on rest of form yet.

ccant belieeve these 9 questtions are causing so much hell, dr is lost too

Hello again asc6670. I too am sorry to hear about your seizure and hope you are recovering now. I recently had my ESA renewal, on top of my ‘Invitation’ to transfer from DLA to PIP, I also struggled with the handwriting and opted to do the ESA online which allowed me to save and edit as much as I liked. For some reason PIP application is not offered as an online option, I contacted the B&W team and they provided me with an email address to request an Alternative Format Questionnaire, which I’ve now done.

It will not help you at the moment, but I will report back here on what the process entails. Perhaps if you can contact the DWP and explain your situation they may offer you an extension, I find it difficult to understand why a claimant’s health situation is not taken into consideration given the nature of the benefit you are trying to claim. If you have had benefit before, did you receive help with that application? Is no one available to help you this time round? Sue

thank you both. x

oh dear sue, hell, am so so sorry and yes, i am now seriously worried sick i may too get a sudden dwp and a esa assessment too.

i find it hard to type, but better to write even thouggh its so much agony, not just painwise, but physically too, plus if youve got to give so much additional info that drags up the past traumas which again, makes you iller.

i do wish you luck sue [hug] and iif you find it better on line, then good.

if you mean did i have help when first applied for dla? yes, mum who was my carer and course several drs etc etc.

now i have lost my mum, i am lost. my drs two of them that knew my faamily too both took early retirement just after i lost my mum [lost my beloved lab sog 2 weeks befor xmas, lost mum 2 weeks later.

yes, my new dr and other drs at the practise are helpful, but they can only go on notes, they dont realy know me well iif that makes sense.- but in saying that they fully back mme and know all my problems, which would take 5 or more hours to explain.

there lies the issue, i suffer from so much, not just one thingg.

i am meant to go to pain clinic beginning nov, im already sick to the stomach about going or whether i'll even be able to go.
thats why me, the drs dont know how we are meant to reply to the questions 1 up to question 9
[as said, i sometimes go out once a year, thats it and when i do go out, yes, i need much help]

im so exhausted but will see if any where else by phone could helpp, im too frightened to ring dwp, phones make me panicc
and when youre alone, have no family left and friends have deserted yyou, just mmakes everything so much more frightening., sorry cant think of better word.

50 yrs old amd am sitting here sobbing


sorry, back to form filling. now i have to rely mainly on phoning organisations to help me fill out forms [even the samaritans, which help too]

ssorry sue, meant to say i was awarded dla for life bacck in my 20's

these changes i truly cant handle,, i find change difficult tto say the least . i feel like a criminal yet i never asked to be disabled and many disabilities ive had since a child,, to make us go through all this, the dwp dont care