Fibromyalgia
SueAxford
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I am wondering what the chance is of getting pip is for fibromyalgia?? It's affecting my legs quite badly, and I have a job to walk a long distance.
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I have fibromyalgia as part of various other medical conditions, and won my PIP appeal for mobility. The fibromyalgia was taken into consideration, so it may be worth you applying. I would try and get a letter from your GP stating that the condition does affect your ability to walk any distance. Hope this helps.1
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PIP isn't awarded based on a diagnosis, it depends how those conditions affect you daily. Evidence would be needed to support a claim and you would most likely need a face 2 face assessment.
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That’s true you should try taking one of the points questionnaires available online and seek advice from welfare rights0
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Thank you all I Will take your advice.1
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Also, regarding the fibro remember it mayl affect you in other ways too. Ie sleep, tiredness etc1
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Hi @SueAxford,
Have you checked out Benefits and Work's PIP self-test? It's a handy little tool which should give you an idea of how many points you could score for each question. I hope this helps!0 -
Thanks for the link, I'll look at it. ?0
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hi we are currently waiting to go to tribunal, I also have fibromyalgia, osteo arthiritis and ibs, I scored 0 points for everything at face to face, been waiting over a year for tribunal. Have lots of consultants letters with diagnosis, medication etc,
since taking poorly in dec 2017 with no sign of improvement, I now have glasses, hearing aids, a walking stick for indoors and a triangular walking trolley for outdoors, anti depressants and on 600mg of pregabalin a day. plus strong migraine tablets
But how and what proof can you provide to support how your illness affects your daily living? didn't have a diagnosis at time of face to face (been messed about by hospitals and have a letter from hospital to confirm they mis treated me etc) GP wouldn't give a letter to support that as she said she doesn't see me on a daily basis to know how it effects me? will be glad when this is all over, been going on since dec 2017 and just want it over and done with.0 -
@dookmarley - I don't know if there is a guide anywhere to what is considered acceptable as evidence.
I gave examples of why I was unable to carry out specific tasks, and what I had to do in order to complete them.
I kept a diary over a week - which was useful because my condition is very variable and it enabled me to evidence how many times per week I could/ couldn't do something.
I was fortunate to have a report from an Occupational Health consultant. It was 8 years old but he had examined me and concluded I couldn't continue in my job.
I didn't send page after page of medical reports. My personal view is they didn't add anything to my application as they were written to support a diagnosis not a benefit application. Also, my GP would just have given a 2nd hand account of what I'd just told her so I thought that I may as well do that myself.
This seemed to work for me although I acknowledge that other posters on here say that have sent more of the medical stuff.
I imagine you could see an OH consultant privately but I imagine it would be expensive.
Good luck anyway....
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Thankyou will see how it goes, should have tribunal date soon0
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