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Annabelle26
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I am feeling really fed up & depressed about my financial situation & life in general. I have had my DLA/PIP taken off me & am waiting for a Tribunal Hearing. My ESA was stopped & I was told to claim JSA. Again the ESA has gone to a Tribunal. I do not get the full amount of JSA because I have a pension. I am struggling to live on £126 per week my savings have been used up & I have had to cash in some investments but they have nearly all gone. I have the local Welfare Agency to help me at the Tribunal & have claimed everything I can but I am just fed up of waiting for something to happen. For the last month I have been signed off sick with depression & anxiety but the note expired today. I had an appointment at the Doctors but forgot about it until it was too late. I had a bad nights sleep, was really tired & had a headache. I got up late just had some breakfast, took some tablets & went back to bed & fell asleep forgetting about the appointment until later on when I woke up still not feeling much better. I rang the Doctor & apologised but could not get another appointment. I have to ring up in the morning to get an appointment. I just want my life to go back to what it was like last year when I had enough money to live on. I was getting out & about & trying to expand my horizons by going on bus rides to nearby places to try & help my anxiety problems with socialising etc but my world has now strunk back to what it was before.
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Thanks for sharing this with us @Annabelle26. As Mike says, it sounds as though you're doing all the right things, so fingers crossed things will be resolved as soon as possible. Scope's DWP appeals guidance may help you to prepare for the tribunal, too.
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Annabelle26,
I've given you some advice on your other post about JSA & the fit note. As Mike says, you are doing everything you can. The only thing I'd suggest is that you contact your MP too, because MPs need to know how the welfare system isn't helping disabled people. It has to be changed! The more evidence they get, the more we might perhaps one day see a better system.
Meanwhile, I'm hoping JSA will allow you to claim & not to have to look for work whilst you are signed off.
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My MP is already involved in some sort of campaign about the DWP & how they are treating the disabled. He was a signatory to a letter sent to the Minister.
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Sorry to interrupt. I am a 63 years old man in Whitleigh Plymouth Devon. I have received a bill for £2,716.32 from DWP I cannot possibly pay it. What can I do? Neville Pearson email nevillepearson1@virginmedia.com .
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