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Should I contact the DWP

Hello, I currently receive high rate care on pip due to severe mental health problems but do not receive the mobility.
I have now been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and I'm really struggling and have been for a long time ( approx 7 yrs).
So the question is, is it worth me telling the DWP or will it make no difference to my claim. Kind regards.
I have now been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and I'm really struggling and have been for a long time ( approx 7 yrs).
So the question is, is it worth me telling the DWP or will it make no difference to my claim. Kind regards.
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I lost my case for pips before but with frameworks help I took them to court and won.
My PIP will run out again in Jan 2020.
Tryed Gabapentin and pregabalin with no luck.
Currently get no help with my mental illness either.
Although I am not sure what would happen for failing to notify the DWP when you have a new health condition. Has anyone ever been in this situation?
Sat here now with tears streaming down my face with pain. I'm so fed up.
The past few days have been crippling.
The assessor came to the conclusion in my first of the three assessments for PIP that despite the evidence submitted they found 14 reasons why I don't have any mental health issues. Obviously and the answer will be the same as for you - you won't qualify for any points if you don't make a claim for it - so in your case the DWP will not be interested if you don't tell them - they will possibly save money.
I started with PIP in 2013 - just after my 65th birthday.
I dropped out of the CMH service back in 2002 and decided that alcohol was a better substitute. Despite the DWP (another part of it - Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit) giving me a 40% award for loss of mental function for life, the PIP assessors decided in 2013 that they knew better and gave 14 reasons why I do not have any loss of impact relating to mental health issues.
There is no arguing with the assessors and the DWP (PIP) over that despite me sending them a copy of the IIDB assessment report - they just ignored it.
It didn't really matter in any event without the mental health issue and it's impact - I was awarded more than 12 points for other descriptors to give me Enhanced Care & Mobility both for the 2013 and 2015 MR applications.