ESA- was placed in WRAG, this has stopped, now appealing.

sunnyone

You can buy meds over the counter to to cure/help the skits, have you asked someone to get them for you?

midjet666

Hiya,
Sorry for the delay in replying, I had a migraine yesterday so tried to reply but ended up just switching off the computer!

The first response is to sunnyone above, I have bought them but my intestines are sensitive which they have been since I was born. When I use imodium it "bungs me up" and I'm in agony about 12 hours after taking it as my intestines are cramping up trying to force the stool out. So it usually causes more pain than I normally have with cramps. It's horrible, and I know I should have some scans done, but I just can't face going to the hospital with my panic attacks. My anxiety has just got worse over the years and over the past few months has drastically gone downhill- I think it's from the stress of all this to be honest.

Now back to Muttleythefrog,

They answered it as if they were answering the descriptors in order, like "she does not have a terminal illness and isn't going to die in 6 months" kind of thing, but it doesn't actually say which descriptor I fit into (like points wise)

They said I would be ready for work in 18 months. I've had anxiety throughout most of my childhood, for as long as I can remember, but as I got older and had the cancer and parents divorcing, that was like a catalyst and everything just imploded. It's been 11 years since then and no matter what I have done, nothing seems to change it. I just seem to go more and more downhill. All of this is in my pschyiatrist's notes, and they have my doctor's notes too.

My psychiatrist's letter stated that I struggle to cope with day to day life. So the descriptor about being at risk to myself or other's doesn't apply to me, but being unable to cope does apply. They have ignored what the letter said. But they did state what I typed above about having significant mental difficulties.

As for the incontinence pads, it's a side effect of diazepam that the bladder's weakened, it's not a big thing but I do wear pads for this. But my main problem is soiling myself from diarrhoea, a pad is not going to hold that. I know it's disgusting, but it just isn't. And if I do have an accident, I would need to go and get changed. It's rare it happens at home as I'm very close to the toilet, but I wouldn't be able to do a job where I'm sat on the toilet all day!

Thank you for the link, I'll be reading it through in a moment. I really appreciate all your help that you've given me so far. I am young, I can be naiive with a lot of things, and when panicking my head is all over the place. I don't take things in properly like I should.

sunnyone

midjet666 wrote: »

Hiya,
Sorry for the delay in replying, I had a migraine yesterday so tried to reply but ended up just switching off the computer!

The first response is to sunnyone above, I have bought them but my intestines are sensitive which they have been since I was born. When I use imodium it "bungs me up" and I'm in agony about 12 hours after taking it as my intestines are cramping up trying to force the stool out. So it usually causes more pain than I normally have with cramps. It's horrible, and I know I should have some scans done, but I just can't face going to the hospital with my panic attacks. My anxiety has just got worse over the years and over the past few months has drastically gone downhill- I think it's from the stress of all this to be honest.

Loperamide (sp) is the active ingredient in Imodium and to treat longterm skits you normally take smaller doses regularly throughout the day (my husband has had bowel problems for decades)

midjet666

My doctor hasn't offered me anything for it. I think I was given an antispasmodic a while ago, but that was it. Although tbh, my doctor misdiagnosed my cancer for nearly 2 years! Thankfully it was a slow growing cancer, but it could have ended up so much worse! He didn't even send me for a blood test or a biopsy when we showed him the lump growing in my arm, he just said it was a ganglion. My mom nearly took a book to it to disperse the lump but thankfully I'm a wimp and refused!