PIP Medical

I have my Pip medical this week and I'm absolutely petrified. I used to be a disabled benefits advisor with the Citizens Advice Bureau but this doesn't seem to have given me any confidence when completing my own Pip form.

I was hoping probably with some arrogance that I wouldn't need to go for the assessment. I submitted 15 letters from different specialists diagnosing my illnesses and disabilities a repeat prescription detailing the 20 tablets and for injections but I have to take daily. As well as getting prayers for an excellent application form by my community psychiatric nurse.

Having leads the essential information on this website I now feel that I don't stand a chance and the even turn it up for the assessment means I will lose points for being competent enough to do so.

I am now picturing a scenario where everything I do is going to be studied by all the staff at the assessment centre for the moment I leave the taxi to the waiting room sitting on the chairs and then walking into the office the whole experience is beginning to give me panic attacks.

I did request a home visit but that seems to have been totally ignored by ATOS.

Under the DLA scheme I was awarded high rate mobility and high rate care I am happy to feedback to the group as to what this equate to in p i p terms

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I am sorry that you are going through this and finding it so distressing

Our PIP guide has a section that tells you what to expect from the face2face assessment. Don't forget that the qualifying criteria for PIP are very different from those for DLA.

PIP help for claimants

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