Hi I just wanted to try and give some hope to people who are despairing.
I was one of the early ones transferred from IB to ESA. The first time they only granted me Support Group for 6 months. The second time 1 year. I spent hours filling my last renewal with the help of your new ESA guide and thankfully they have granted 18 months in Support Group this time.
I know how stressful it is filling the form in, I spent 2 hours a day for 10 days in total. It upset, made me feel dreadful reliving everything over and over, but it is time well spent if you can just settle down to it.
My condition is never going to improve, but at least I have a bit of breathing space.
This site is invaluable ...... it is all about wording your conditions the correct way.