Can i claim DLA i have FIBROMYALGIA

nannytone_2

if you feel that you are unfilt for work and your doctor will give you a sicknote, you can claim ESA, but will have an assessment after about 13 weeks which wikk decide if, and at what level you are entitled.

now you are not receiving WTC, there is a good chanve that your CTC will increase. also council tax benefot.

you can apply for mortgage interest payments. but this is only at a fixed rate of 3.6%. and only on the original mortgage. if you have any further borrowing attached to your mortgage, it will be ignored.

endlos

thankyou nannytone, I don't know what ESA is unless it is job seekers allowance. I see a specialist again on 19.09.12 so hope to get further info, I will look up what CTC is, as before this I've never had a day sick from work. I bought my X husband out after he had found a younger model and settled with her, so I had to take a second mortgage. Many thanks.

PippaGirl_2

You can place a claim for employment support allowance straight away, the sooner you do so the better as you will be eligible for benefits from the date you claim.

Info on how to claim and the telephone numbers are here

PippaGirl_2

Once you have applied for ESA as above then you can call the tax credits helpline and tell them of your change of circumstances and they will adjust your tax credits and you should receive child tax credit. Details of their phone number is here

useless_git_requires_wife

debbiedolittle wrote: »

HI CAN ANYBODY HELP ME I HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH FIBROMYALGIA AND I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD CLAIM DLA/ CARERS ALLOWANCE, I HAVE HAD THIS FOR ABOUT 8/10 YEARS BUT HAVE ONLY JUST BEEN DIAGNOSED, I HAVE SUFFERED ALOT OVER THE YEARS, ICANNOT GO OUT ON MY OWN, I SUFFER PANIC ATTACKS ANXIENTY ATTACKS AND FEEL SOMETHING BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN I AM IN CONSTANT PAIN ALL OVER AND FEELWORN OUT I DO NOT SLEEP WELL I HAVE SEVERE HEADACHES AND CANNOT GO OUT ON MY OWN, I ALSO SUFFER NIGHT TERRORS AND FLASHBACKS WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO COMMUNICATE OR MEET OR EVEN ANSWER THE PHONE I HAVE 2 KIDS AND IF IT WAS NOT FOR MY FRIEND I DON,T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO, I CLAIM IB BUT DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THESE OTHER BENIFITS, I FIND IT HARD TO DO ANYTHING, I DO NOT WANT OT BE LIKE THIS I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR MY KIDS TO BE OK BUT ANY EXTRA INCOME WOULD BE OF HELP TO MAKE A BETTER QUALITY OF LIVING. IF THERE ARE ANY BENIFITS THAT I COULD POSSIBLE QUAILFIY FOR COULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME BY TELLING ME ABOUT THEM, I FEEL STUPID ASKING THE BENIFITS AGENCY AS I GET EMBAREST TALKING AND EXPLAING MYSELF, THIS HAS TAKEN ME A WHILE TO DO BUT IT IS MUCH EASIER TO USE A COMPUTOR AS I DO NOT HAVE TO FACE ANYONE, MY FRIEND FOUND THIS SITE AND ENCOURAGED ME TO WRITE THIS PLEASE EXCUSE MY SPELLING I GET EASILY CONFUSED MANY THANKS......AND I AM SORRY FOR MOANING I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WORSE OFF THAN MEI AM SORRY IF POSTED IN WRONG PLACE I AM NEW TO THIS MANY THANKS

You might benefit from having an advocacy worker assist you in deciding what benefits you should apply for and then help you with the process of applying (and maybe appealing). Enquire about independant advocacy services in your area.

Poppie68

useless_git_requires_wife wrote: »

You might benefit from having an advocacy worker assist you in deciding what benefits you should apply for and then help you with the process of applying (and maybe appealing). Enquire about independant advocacy services in your area.

This is a thread from 4 years ago. Someone opened it up again instead of starting their own thread....

PippaGirl_2

It made me read the whole thread though and I thought how non judgemental and kind the posters on the board were those years ago.

sleepless_saver

endlos wrote: »

hi just found your forum. i am new to this and after 18 months of suffering I have been diagnosed with fibro. I'm gutted, I am self employed as a child minder and have had to give up. I am a single Mum and get working tax credits, which now will stop. Does anyone know please if there are any benefits I can get. I am behind on my mortgage, have 3 kids, one 16 year old at college, which I.ve just used up my money on uniform and materials for her college. I have no income coming in. Please what can I do. endlos

Go along to your local citizens advice bureau for help with identifying what you might be entitled to and help with claiming. Meantime, claim employment and support allowance.

poochie1103

sorry to jump on this thread but i would like to get others opinions of how i should proceed now.

i have fibromyalgia, arhtritis, diverticulosis, carpal tunnel syndrome as well as aneamia, vit D deficiency as well as few others things going on and have had so for several years.
I kept workin although my absences were gettin bad, and my own gp told me it was time to think of giving up work and applying for disability benefits.
Anyways, I went thru the procedures like filling in forms, gettin doctor letters etc and everything was happening as it should but i was refused because i work 16hr week. I do this over 4 days doin 4hrs each day as its all i can manage and i dont want to give up my job until i absolutely have to as i know depression would then set in.

so I was refused because i work and can drive myself to work.....so I appealed saying they were discriminatin against me because i can manage to work 16hrs and drive altho i dont always drive myself, some of my colleagues come and collect me as we on same shifts etc....
anyways, i got refused the appeal then i got refused permission to appeal which i feel is very wrong because my doctor things they have not paid attention to the medical facts and figures in my claim....Even he said they have put too much emphasis on my ability to hold down part time work.

I did have a rep but he never filled in forms for me, nor did he apply to my work or anyone for proof of my illness and my absences from work. I asked this rep for meetin before assessment and he said i dont need..... then he told me on day of assessment i will probably fail because i work.
In the meetin, i was on my meds and they asked me questions which i couldnt answer because i was havin a fog day and couldnt remember names of pills etc......
Wen we got cd of the assessment, its quite clear the rep made a few errors.....he had sent forms for a certain rate but in room he mentioned another rate and someone elses name.....he had names mixed up of who he was in with and altho i mentioned this in appeal letter, nothing has been done about it.

I am at loss what to do now because i feel this whole process has been wrong for me and they never got all information they needed and my doctor had written 2 letters to them and he even said i was capaple of havin memory loss days, and days where i am not understanding what people say and that i could cause harm to myself unintentionally etc.

I have applied for pip and awaiting on that because i had to have aids from occupational health to help me get in and out of bath or seats or car......and especially bed....I cannot use walkin aids due to nerve damage and i cannot walk distances because of arthritis which is why i refuse to give up my car just now...... so all in all, i am at loss as to why i have been refused and keep getting refused and I wonder what i can do now.

I do feel i was mis represented, as i only sought help after i was initially denied dla because being a worker all my life and my partner works, we did not think we needed or would get free help to apply but even after we sought help, the free help rep did not fill in any forms or help in any way.....i was told to fill them in and send away and just saw he was my representative....... he only filled in parts of the form he needed his stamp on.....

can anyone advise.......at the moment i have been refused twice permission to appeal to UTT

thanks for reading

Poppie68

You would be better starting your own thread, this thread was started years ago.