DLA apeal

ash4becks

merlin68 wrote: »

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

i have a few of these and get high care and low mob , really think by just looking at that really think you deserve higher for both x

Indie_Kid

krisskross wrote: »

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

That would depend on what exactly the physical issues are. 2 of mine can't be proved - one of those is done via elimination for conditions such as coeliacs disease.

merlin68

Everybody else has said the same. But I am happy with the award and am not going to upset the apple cart.

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

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. 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.

I've suffered from depression for 12 years & been on anti depressants for most of that time.

I've also had a course of CBT which obviously didn't work (probably because of my asperger's) so now i've been discharged from the Mental Health team back to my GP as there is nothing else they can do for me.

Anti depressants and for that matter most medication doesn't work on autistic people as our brains are wired slightly differently.

My sister has OCD/anxiety/depression & my my mum suffers from depression too & they are also on medication that doesn't seem to work.

My dad has been depressed for years due to his bad back (all the discs in his spine have worn away & are like paper) but he doesn't believe in depression so won't take any medication for it.

I think maybe some people are more genetically predisposed to depression & they struggle with it all of their lives.

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

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.

I've also recently gone from low rate care to middle rate so obviously if you are genuinely ill & have medical evidence to back it up you will be ok.

Oldernotwiser

sh1305 wrote: »

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.

Lots of people have side effects with anti depressants but those of us who know how bad depression can be know that the side effects are better than the depression.

Indie_Kid

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Lots of people have side effects with anti depressants but those of us who know how bad depression can be know that the side effects are better than the depression.

I get enough side effects from what I'm on now - don't really want to add to them. I've also been advised (yes, he does know what he's talking about) by a friend to wait until I have a diagnosis and can then get the correct medication.

BLT_2

sh1305 wrote: »

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".

Oh !!!!!!, now this is getting ridiculous, there is no such thing as 'can't get out of bed'. I have been extremely depressed at certain times in my life and felt like getting out of bed wasn't worth it, but it wasn't that I couldn't get out of bed, it was just that I couldn't be bothered as there didn't seem much point.

'Don't want to get out of bed' is understandable although not a justification for benefits. 'Can't get out of bed because I'm too depressed to get up" is just an excuse for idleness. Since when did laying in bed feeling sorry for one self and wallowing in self pity ever resolve any problems.

There are millions of people in this country who are probably as depressed as many on DLA, but who have not actually sought medical attention, they just struggle on getting up each morning to support their familiies, getting through each day as best they can.

when_will_it_end

idvi wrote: »

hi op, just to be clear,

have she been awarded any rare of dla? (ie. low rate care?)

or is this an appeal for being turned down altogether??

she has been turned down all together
thans

when_will_it_end

BLT wrote: »

I fail to see why people having to go through hoops to get benefits makes you angry. There is a system in place to prevent fraud, if this system was not in place everyone would be claiming for non existent illnesses.

Some of the reasons given by the OP are tenuous at best for DLA I would have assumed, eg depressed, not wanting to get out of bed in the morning and failing to keep her hygiene up to scratch, that sounds like a fair number of teenagers to me, and doubtless to the tribunal.

I hope there is a successful conclusion, I would certainly not like to be in the OPs position, but I suspect this is going to be a difficult case to fight, not least as the Psychiatrist has stated that some of her problems are due to low moods.

If I were to be authorising public money, I would certainly not give it on the basis of a depressed teenager who had problems getting out of bed and washing.

if all i had was a typical teenager i would be elated its not just about hygien she has scyzoeffective dissorder a cross between bi-polar and schizophenia most of the tribuneral will be about being a danger to herself and others