You're welcome, my purpose is to help spread mental health awareness and I'm so glad that you found this video helpful. If I can share my story to help others I feel like I'm accomplishing something. Stay strong, you've got this ❣️

Hi, from my experience to date, ensure you explain in detail how budgeting, cooking etc impacts you on a daily basis, i.e can you cook every day, are you motivated to cook are can you cook safely and do all these reguarly or not, and if not say why. do you need support some or all of the time, do you need someone to prompt you or encourage you for all the descriptors on the PIP form. Do you wash regularly or do you struggle mentally or physically and what does that look like for you. look into all your conditions that you state via NHS website or similar and link the symptoms to yours as evidence and say how those symptoms impact you on a daily basis. If a conditon impacts you more than trivially part of the day then legally it is classed as impacting you for the whole day, so you need to evidence via medical notes, your statments written or verbal or any other form of evidence that your conditons impact you over 50% of the time and as they are most or every day they will impact you over 50 % of the time overall. If you are also going for mobility, you need to explain if you could not undertake an unfamiliar journey without support of someone else and if you had not got a car you would need someone with you on public transport as you would not have the ability to plan a journey or it would cause you overwhelming psychological distress. How are you impacted when driving, ie do you get overwhelmed if there is a lot of traffic or sudden changes/diversion, you could argue that you are been discriminated for going on a holiday when you are as you say well enough as you are not taking regular holidays. although it would help if you stated these were familair places or that you did not travel to new places alone. you should not be discrimated against for having a degree, as mental health issues can impact anyone, it is how your conditions impact you. you can have a degree but things may take you far longer than another person or you may need additional support. I could say more but do not want to overload you too much as i know it is hard to think properly when going through such processes on top of health issues. I hope this helps in some way, good luck with it all and do not fear anyone in the tribunal, tell or write down for your representative from the charity everything you want to say to ensure it is put across to the tribunal properly, if the tribunal start asking you lots of questions get your represetnative to help you, do not rush to provide an answer without thoroughly considering their question. Again good luck with it all x

@@sunflower77444 such good advice, thank you for helping ✨

But you're OK to type this massive paragraph 😂

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Thank you

Yes its really not nice, they almost don't want you to receive the support that you could be entitled to 😫

I had a good process. They were very kind. Even the Judge was nice. No Dwp rep, was present at my tribunal.

@@DeeannaLouise😢my ptsd will probably rear its ugly head along with my BPD and anxiety I don’t want them to think I’m rude I’m so scared

@@dawnyandandy the best thing to do is communicate that and say that you're struggling if you are etc. Always remember they aren't mind readers and will only know something if shown or told

@@jaynekittycat9252 my judge was really nice too. I was scared they wouldn't be

Thank you so so much!

You're welcome, I hope I was able to help. Inspiring people means so much to me 💖

Yeah it was only because my tribunal was during COVID

@@DeeannaLouise oh yes I remember. Hope u are ok x

Glad it was helpful! You're welcome ☺️

Good luck for your tribunal, I hope it goes well. My response to the medications would be "I can only take and remember to take all my medication and take it appropriately and at the right time with the aid of others, timers or a dosette box" (only include what applies to you). Sometimes you have to be very straight forward and direct in order to get the answer you want. Don't be afraid to over explain. Also the judge at the tribunal in my experience was really good at stepping in if needed.

@@DeeannaLouise thanks for that 🤗 Will update with what happens

@@Laurosim I look forward to hearing back, if you don't want to comment it publicly you can always DM me on Instagram 🩷

100% but also the amount of times I've been told to lose weight by doctors is pretty much every appointment I have. It's not nice.

I would say from what you've said you seem entitled to PIP. Obviously I'm not a decision maker. I would say dont get your hopes up for them to change their mind on the mandatory reconsideration because they probably won't. Keep going and go to tribunal. You've got this.

Did u get your decision on mandatory reconsideration?

@@nishagrant5990 Yes but only after I'd written to my MP who in turn wrote to Mims Davies the Minister for Disabled People and the MIRACULOUSLY my decision came back based on facts so I didn't need to go to a tribunal. thanks for asking - it is a terrible system

Yeah it's ridiculous

Yeah they seem to downplay how the person is actually feeling. My best advice is to keep saying how anxious you are. Reinforce your feelings over the phone. Explain what anxiety symptoms you're having, fast heart rate shakes etc... Also explain how you remember to take your regular medication, do you rely on someone else to prompt or remind you? Or do you use a dosette box. If you would like info on all parts of the pip form I have another video on my channel which helps to break down each section of the form and how to apply it to your mental health

Deffo call up the PIP line and ask what that means, maybe it means put on a waiting list idk

Thanks

@@evierose7881 you're welcome, anytime ❤️

Yes! Losing weight isn't easy on its own, let alone with the added burden of mental health.

No they don't like giving PIP. I'd still wait for the tribunal especially if when you started your claim all the information was true and correct. Things change in health conditions daily, weekly, monthly and yearly. Remember that the DWP say it's more about how the condition affects you rather than the actual diagnosis. Focus on the symptoms and how they limit your life. Always reach out to citizens advice for appropriate individual advice, they really helped with my claim.

@@AmyClarkesinger it's a bit of both. Do you have the write up from your initial assessment? I would start by writing where you feel they didn't give you points where you think they should have at the time the assessment was done and then in a different colour I'd write an update if there is one. Then I'd look at your evidence and pull any really important ones out and mention those at tribunal. Usually they ask you questions from the initial assessment but also additional ones. Usually the judge is the main person speaking and asking questions and then they offer the space to the other professionals attending. I wish you the best of luck for your tribunal and I hope you get awarded what you need/deserve

@@DeeannaLouise Thanks so much for the help!

@@AmyClarkesinger of course! Any time 😊

It's stupid because he's now an adult, what's his primary school got to do with his current needs?!

@@DeeannaLouise Exactly.Its about now , not the past.Sadly DWP use these distraction techniques

From the start of my application to getting my result it was about 2 years. But between wanting a tribunal and getting one I think it was about 6 months. Have you gone through your appeal and then asked for a tribunal?

@@DeeannaLouise hi wow thanks for the fast response I didn't expect that. Yes so after my mandatory reconsideration I got awarded only 4 points so I obviously went for the tribunal which I initiated in about march I think and now just wondering how long it will take until I can actually get the date. Thanks again :)

@@xjessgoonerx hi, you're most welcome, I try to reply to everyone as fast as I can because I really wanna make my audience feel like they matter to me, because they do. I would say if you haven't heard or got an appointment for your tribunal by September maybe try calling the PIP advice line and ask how long the tribunal appointments are usually taking as of now. Like on average how long is it taking to get a tribunal appointment. They should be able to tell you or advise on who to call to get an answer. I wish you the best of luck with your tribunal. Please remember that citizens advice is there to provide help with PIP claims. They helped me with mine and got me to think of things that I wouldn't have ever considered.

Finally got my tribunal date this Friday. Really nervous about it and I think I'm super prepared just really anxious about how it's gonna go and how the outcome will be I've been through hell this past year and my conditions have only gotten worse. I just came back to watch your videos again and say thanks for putting it up xx

I'm so sorry to hear this. Maybe contact citizens advice for some feedback on your case, they can give personalized feedback and when I contacted them I found it really helpful.

Yeah it's horrible, the pip process. Gov did say 10 years for conditions that won't get better. Mine has been awarded for 2 years but it's unlikely to get any better. I think it depends on the chances that it will get better. Like if there's a 100% chance you won't get better they'll do 10 years but for any chances less than that they'll do less time guaranteed on pip.

​@@DeeannaLouise I have a hospital letter saying my health is lifetime it won't change for better only worst, they still ignore it what hospital sad, they just trying to pay me less , I am sure they will change thir mine when they get a letter from tribunals..

Tribunals happen after you ask for a reconsideration if you are denied first time round. If the reconsideration is also denied you can request a tribunal. That's when you get multiple people. But mine was over the phone as it was during COVID. They might do them in person now.