ESA help!.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

hey all.

ive had my IB-ESA migration letter.

ive been placed in WRAG!?

i'm a sufferer of MH and severe brittle asthma.

my MH is up and down i suffer agoraphobea to go with it.

what is the support group criteria these days?

i'm expected to attend WFI, but even the thought of joing to the job center and having to sit infront of many people, and explain to a stranger my is making me very anxious indeed.

if my MH dips on a day the WFI is due to take place i know i wont attend pick up a phone or even get out of bed.

i'm not responding to Medication for depression, and i'm due to see my GP again who will refure me to the mental health service and CPN for further investigations and i'm in the same boat there about going to see someone i dont know and being out of routine.

i'm not that good with people at best of times, and i fear if i do attend a WFI i may get violent for no apparent reason (it happens sopmetimes i'm very paranoid of what people think and say to me and take things out of context alot).

what steps do i take here with having the DWP recconsidder my ESA claim to be place in support group? and whats the criteria to make sure i'm not waisting my efforts.

wouldbeqaulitymoneysaver

Follow Auntie Would be's Advice.
To cope with the financial assault on Benefits Claimants she has joined Benefits and Work and can download the Guides. Then if you are suitably inclined get thy internet !!!! over to Urban 75 for support on Benefits they are a very good lot in there.
Lurk here unless thy see MSE soaring marvellousness scan for answers.
WRAG means dreaded WFI Work focussed interviews 5 1 x month.
I would grab life by the balls and think what YOU WANT not what they want. Take control of situation so if you get pushed into the WP? you are in control.
WP from things here looks like babysittng you whilst you do supervised job search. (This can easily be done at home and twice as efficient).
give yourself and or research other options so you have a sense of enduring and sustainable financial control.
http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/
and
http://www.urban75.com/
Then come in from a position of strength benefits wise to shine here.

Chrissiew

wouldbeqaulitymoneysaver wrote: »

Follow Auntie Would be's Advice.
To cope with the financial assault on Benefits Claimants she has joined Benefits and Work and can download the Guides. Then if you are suitably inclined get thy internet !!!! over to Urban 75 for support on Benefits they are a very good lot in there.
Lurk here unless thy see MSE soaring marvellousness scan for answers.
WRAG means dreaded WFI Work focussed interviews 5 1 x month.
I would grab life by the balls and think what YOU WANT not what they want. Take control of situation so if you get pushed into the WP? you are in control.
WP from things here looks like babysittng you whilst you do supervised job search. (This can easily be done at home and twice as efficient).
give yourself and or research other options so you have a sense of enduring and sustainable financial control.
http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/
and
http://www.urban75.com/
Then come in from a position of strength benefits wise to shine here.

Didnt understand half of that but never mind.

OP its extremly difficult to get into the support group, I guess most claimants who are put in the WRAG believe they should be in the support group, you can appeal, or ask for a reconsideration, but I believe you only have a month from the date of the letter they sent you to do this. From what Ive read MH problems are the most difficult to get into the support group, but try and appeal with all the evidence you have and just see what happens.

Lady_K

Atrixblue

Did you have a face to face assessment before you were put into the WRAG group?

fogartyblue.

Lady_K wrote: »

Atrixblue

Did you have a face to face assessment before you were put into the WRAG group?

And I wonder how the poster managed at the assessment if there was one?

fogartyblue.

Why is it that everybody wants to be put in the support group - it's only an extra £5 a week!!

atrixblue.-MFR-.

Chrissiew wrote: »

Didnt understand half of that but never mind.

OP its extremly difficult to get into the support group, I guess most claimants who are put in the WRAG believe they should be in the support group, you can appeal, or ask for a reconsideration, but I believe you only have a month from the date of the letter they sent you to do this. From what Ive read MH problems are the most difficult to get into the support group, but try and appeal with all the evidence you have and just see what happens.

My MH is a secondary condition to my SBA (severe brittle asthma)

i can walk no more than 30mtrs on level ground without being breathless.

i have to watch what i eat due to allergies triggering attacks.

i have low immunity wich means i spend half the year suffering colds, virus's, infections its really when we have a bit of a warm spell i have a better time of things with my chest.

a dip in my MH is total seclusion away from everyone and anyone including family, hide away in the bedroom dont answer the door or the phone, i dont sleep much in this down period so i'm awake day and night for days on end, resulting in aggressive mood, washing, bathing, personal appearance slips, and i break out in cysts in my face wich makes me paranoid, i cant stand things under my skin so i cut the cysts out..:eek: i dont think rationally and will get fed up of the house, throw things out i ripped up the carpet last time for e.g. i throw myself into a interest obsessively to distract my mind on thinking a million and one things at once sometimes this can be financially costly.
i have no perception of finances if i have it i'll spend it in this down state, become violently verbal, and aggressive towards anyone, and care about nothing.

this state of mind can last upto 3-4 months, then all of a sudden i'm so hyperactive and life so is great people cant keep up with me, but i sleep at any given point i get, and sleep anywhere and its damn hard to wake me, i slept at the doctors surgery whilst waiting to see the practice nurse 2 days ago!! if it werent for my partner who's always with me i would of missed my call. in this state i start "projects" i'm never able to carry out due to my asthma, put myself into so much pain and suffering whilst trying to do them my parents or a friends has to complete them for me, i act as if i have nothing wrong with me but then my chest plays up and my back hurts so bad i'm bed bound for days its like my mind is in denial about my condition.

i have anxiety and panick attacks when i'm out, i cant stand to be around too many people at once, and get aggressive if forced to like going shopping in azda it's get in get what i need get out, if it takes too long at the check out i'll leave it there and walk out empty handed thats even with someone with me, so my partner does the shopping and i wait out in the car.

i do things by routine, if anything causes a derail of that routine i'm lost! become withdrawn and makes me upset.

i dont speak to strangers only people i know. i wont relay anyone a message unless i know them. i get my partner to speak on my behalf to people so she can communicate for me, or ill just shut down or hang them up if on the phone.

and the cycle repeats itself.

Folar

It's not always about the money. I have terrible incontinence problems thanks to nerve damage amongst other things. At present time no one knows if this can be fixed or what will happen in the future.

Personally, I don't want to find myself in the position of either peeing or pooping myself whilst amongst total strangers, it's bad enough with my husband and son.

I am Appealing to be put in the Support Group.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

no i had no face to face assessment.

Edinburghlass_2

fogartyblue. wrote: »

Why is it that everybody wants to be put in the support group - it's only an extra £5 a week!!

None of your business

Folar

It means I am not forced to go to WFI or on to back to work courses. I don't manage in other situations, that's just it. I only go out to the hospital or doctors and then I wear incontinence pants and take spare ones and spare clothing. I am also in a wheelchair with limited movement so I have to have help with toileting needs and getting dressed.

The money I get from ESA goes towards the incontinence products I HAVE to have, plus the care I HAVE to have. I never asked for this to happen to me but it did.

Don't get me wrong, until a year ago I had always worked. I only ever had 2 months off when I had my son who was premature and I was hospitalised. I worked full time for 30 years and never had a day sick so shouldn't I be entitled to a little help now I need it?