PIP daily diary

Gordon wrote: Chrissy

I have made part of your post confidential, this means that only you and the Mods can see the content, if you ask I will delete the content completely.

I'm not judging but there are serious issues with what you describe, I strongly advise you to speak to your GP about these issues.

To try and answer your questions.

You say that you have issues with going out and I assume would hope to score points for this, if you then go out to this group, unless your explanations on how you manage this are accepted, then your doing so will undermine your case for scoring points.

What I am saying is that the risk of not scoring points for Going Out may be a reasonable trade off for the improvements in your conditions that might result from your attending this group, it's a decision that only you can make.

As an example of care needs, if you have issues with managing your toilet needs how would you deal with these at the group. If you have problems with Eating and Drinking and need to take eat or drink while you are out, how would you manage. It may be that you have no care needs that would be impacted by your going out, but you do need to ask yourself the question.

Gordon

Hi Gordon
Thanks for getting back and answering my ?'s.

Pls could you tell me why you made some of my form confidential? Is it because people may judge?

Thank you for explaining care needs while out.
I live on microwave meals, too depressed to cook, rustlers burgers are quick and easy. While out, I either take food or eat out but I always have to have those unprescribed opiates to get me out in the first place.
My GP knows about all my problems and my CPN has been given messages as shes hard to get hold of and doesnt book appointments to see me.

I appreciate your answers. The assessor could hold it against me that I have to use unprescribed drugs to go out.
Even though it has been proven that drug misuse is a SYMPTOM, of a painful childhood, by the more progressive scientists, etc, the old ways still persist, and the persist in all walks of life, we really do need to drag ourselves into the 21st century and have more compassion for people who neeed to use to get through the day.
Anyway, that's by the by, it's made me left with a decision, do I tell the PIP people I need illicit drugs to get out of the house? or do i not, in case they hold it against me?
Is that what you mean?

I am sorry I don't know what you mean by reasonable trade off, do you mean the PIP people could tell me that I could continue to take ilicit drugs if i have to go out, and stop my money, even though I class it as a care need? and a mobility need??
The drugs can make me pretty wobbly and I have fallen and bruised my eye socket yesterday.

Call me paranoid, but I think they dont want us to get well.

Anyway, I was watching a video about a man who I think has been invited to claim PIP, and on the video was a DWP recorded message saying "we are reducing waiting times pip asswments and expect that most people will have their assessment assessments 16 weeks or less, once we receive your "how your disability affects you form"

Does this mean, in the next 16 weeks, we will all be invited to apply for pip including us DLA claimants?

thank you so much for answering all my questionos, you are helping me a lot