Quit my job because of mental illness - am I entitled to anything?

teddysmum

xylophone wrote: »

Woe betide?:)

I can't believe that I made that mistake !


Mind you, when writing and thinking the appropriate word is 'their' your brain can do its own thing and cause you to write 'there' (Luckily usually spotted before pressing 'submit'.


I'm very aware of the differences between 'to' 'two' and 'too', but sometimes use the wrong spelling. (Again spotted 99% of the time).


As my post suggested ,that mistake would have meant a parent reporting you to the head of a private school and having you summoned to The Presence.

crossstitchamy

Hi yes you should be able to get ESA . I have just had to go to tribunal to fight to stay on it for my chronic anxiety and depression. I was awarded 18 points in the end with Regulation 35. Regulation 35 means that you get into the support group cos going to interviews and work etc makes you feel worse. Good luck .

McKneff

stuomac88 wrote: »

Hi all,

Don't know if this is the right place to post but please advise if not.

My partner has been unemployed since July when her ssp stopped and she was let go by her employer after 7 months on the sick.

Since then she has had no income from benefits whatsoever.

She has borderline personality disorder but was turned down for PIP and received the same answer on appeal.

She was also turned down for ESA. Income related she won't get due to my income (around 16k) and apparently she couldn't get contribution based due to lack of NI credits(even though she was employed between September 2015 & July 2016).

Does anyone know if we can get any help? Like I said I earn about £16k a year. We have a mortgage and bills and have no help whatsoever.

Any information/advice would be much appreciated.

Many thanks
Stuart

You should start a thread of you own, if you jump in on one then it gets confusing as to who is talking to who.

System

I claimed ESA and then DLA after my breakdown in 2009 (led to me being diagnosed with bipolar) i was un the support group due to the regulation 35 that crosstitchamy mentioned. Tbh i was in a bad place, couldn;t work and for the time i was on it it gave me chance to breathe and recover whilst still being able to keep a roof over my head and pay bills. DLA no longer exits for new claimants but PIP is its replacement. You can claim both PIP and ESA at the same time.

Happy to say after my time on ESA i managed to go back to work, have needed a lot of adjustments but don't give up.

MCGONIS

xylophone wrote: »

Woe betide?:)

Yawns. :):):):):):)