DLA apeal

Indie_Kid

krisskross wrote: »

Doubt if anyone will in the future get DLA because they can't get out of bed in the morning and don't wash, even if they get it at present.

You make it sound as though they're just lazy, imo. We're not - people with depression do have genuine problems. It's not "don't", it's actually "can't".

SingleSue

sunnyone wrote: »

I apologise, it was your mates bro, as you put it in that thread.

You said that discretionary bus passes and BBs each were a passport to the other and thats not true, not in the least true at all.

Dont worry from your posts here you wont get HRM for flare ups that last a few weeks once in a blue moon, you have posted that you can get all your camping gear and your dog around alone on public transport (just one of the many things that would discount you from HRM) to go to a festival and yet within weeks you want HRM because you are virtually unable to walk:rotfl:

Not wishing to get involved in the 'discussion' but I can also be quite ok to carry the shopping bags one day but be incapable of walking the next (ok, usually because of carrying the shopping bags the day before but what the hey :rotfl:).

I don't however, claim any kind of disability benefit for myself (and neither have I ever applied for disability benefits for myself) so don't really need to justify it to anyone but it does happen.

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

krisskross wrote: »

I am still of the opinion that for all claims and renewals it will now be more difficult to get the result you are after as it seems obvious to me that things aren't going to be allowed to just drift on until 2013 when the medicals start. The government has stated that too many people get DLA and aim to reduce the cost by 20%. I think it will be starting now.

Doubt if anyone will in the future get DLA because they can't get out of bed in the morning and don't wash, even if they get it at present.

Maybe the Goverment should invest a bit more money into the NHS specifically for mental health problems ie counselling/behaviour therapy as those are the area's that have been hit hard by all the cuts.
Maybe then the people that can't get out of bed in the morning & wash at present will be able to get up, wash & go to work. :T

annies_mum

krisskross wrote: »

I am still of the opinion that for all claims and renewals it will now be more difficult to get the result you are after as it seems obvious to me that things aren't going to be allowed to just drift on until 2013 when the medicals start. The government has stated that too many people get DLA and aim to reduce the cost by 20%. I think it will be starting now.

Doubt if anyone will in the future get DLA because they can't get out of bed in the morning and don't wash, even if they get it at present.

I couldn't agree more, i think cuts will happen sooner than later, i think if you look at the amount of posts on here questioning decisions made by the DLA cut backs started a while ago.
However i fail to see what the difference is if you can't get out of bed because you are crippled with a disease like arthritis or you suffer from severe depression. Its not a case of not getting out of bed, its a whole frame of mind.
We all get down and fed up but true depression is totally different and it is nothing short of an insult to insinuate that sufferers "just can't get out of bed and wash".

krisskross

annies_mum wrote: »

However i fail to see what the difference is if you can't get out of bed because you are crippled with a disease like arthritis or you suffer from severe depression. Its not a case of not getting out of bed, its a whole frame of mind.
We all get down and fed up but true depression is totally different and it is nothing short of an insult to insinuate that sufferers "just can't get out of bed and wash".

I agree with you and I do know what true depression is having had to be treated for it following PTSD.

However I would honestly expect anyone suffering clinical depression to be treated , as i was, with anti-depressants, counselling etc. I would seriously question anyone who claims to have clinical depression but opts not to have any treatment. And who is able to post fairly coherently on here for hours on end.

dori2o

Depression is a horrible thing to live with, and if some ignorant people would care to research it, it is deemed a mental illness.

I live with depression and it's getting worse. Mine is caused by chronic pain. One doctor put it brilliantly to me a few years ago.

Pain feeds depression, and depression feeds the pain.

It's true. When my knee feels at it's worst I feel really down, this in turn makes my pain feel worse. It's a never ending cycle.

I guess I'm lucky really that I'm quite strong willed(sp). I can with a bit of coaxing and help getting dressed make my way out of the door in a morning to get to work, slowly, but I do get there.

Unfortunately this seems to be hindering my DLA claim as they say as I can successfully get to work, and can cook a meal for one ( I cannot actually) I'm not entitled to DLA. A woman at the DWP actually said I would have a far better chance if I gave up work.

I sent in my Tribunal forms in February and they wrote back saying it would be at least July/August before I would hear about a possible hearing date, but nothing yet so far.

Indie_Kid

krisskross wrote: »

I agree with you and I do know what true depression is having had to be treated for it following PTSD.

However I would honestly expect anyone suffering clinical depression to be treated , as i was, with anti-depressants, counselling etc.

Unfortunately, it's not that simple. There are many people who don't respond well to anti-depressants, (either because they do nothing or because of the side effects) and there's waiting lists for therapy.

I refuse to take ADs because I have serious issues with side effects - I always have at least 90% of the side effects from anything I've been prescribed in the past.

merlin68

I can't see that the DLA are cutting back, I have just gone from low rate care and mobility to high rate mobility and middle rate care. They did write to my GP and consultant though.
I know several people with Bi Polar and one with paranoid schizophrenia and they only get low rate care and mobility.

krisskross

merlin68 wrote: »

I can't see that the DLA are cutting back, I have just gone from low rate care and mobility to high rate mobility and middle rate care. They did write to my GP and consultant though.
I know several people with Bi Polar and one with paranoid schizophrenia and they only get low rate care and mobility.

Are your issues physical? I think physical issues are much easier to document and prove.

merlin68

I have stage 2 copd, asthma, osteoarthiritis, costochondritis, a collapsing knee, scoliosis, plus depression, panic attacks and anxiety, and di george syndrome.