I have ADHD, and am unhappy with my PIP award. I'm waiting for a reply back to see if I get it

Eunner

I GOT REFUSED  MY PIP GOT 6 POINTS AND HAVE WRITTEN TO THEM THE PHONE ADVISER DID NOT  HERE ME AT ALL AND PUT DOWN WHAT HE WANTED SO THEY WOULED NOT PAY ME I AM WAITING FOR THE OUTCOME.  GOT IT 4 YEARS AGO AND I AM WORSE NOW DONT MAKE SENCE TO ME. I SHOULD OF ASK HIM TO TALK ABOUT THE METAL SIDE OF IT BUT HE WENT ON THE PHYSICAL SAID OF IT YOU CAN ASK THEM TO DO THAT AT THE START AS I DID NOT KNOW THIS OTHER I WISE I WOUOED OF SAID TO HIM. I AM WAITING FOR A REPLY BACK TO LET YOU KNOW IF I GET IT. I DISPUTED ALL THAT HE SAID I ONLY GOT 6 POINTS. IM 52 AND FOUND OUT LATE IN LIFE DWP SENT THEM THE FORM OF MY ADHD THAT EXPLAINS MY PROBLEM GOT 0 I DID NOT HAVE THIS 4 YEARS AGO BUT THE DWP AWARDED ME THE HIGHER ABOUT 5 MOUTHS AGO NOTHING CHANGE THEY STOP MY MONEY TILL THEY SORT IT OUT, LET YOU KNOW THE OUTCOME SOON. PIP PEOPLE ARE THERE TO CUT YOUR MONEY  OFF AND MAKE IT HARDER FOR YOU TO GET IT I M FIGHTING IT RIGHT NOW. 

Tori_Scope

Welcome to the community @Eunner Thanks for joining, and for asking your question. Just to let you know, I've moved your post into our PIP category, and renamed it slightly, so that it's easier for other members to find.

I'm sorry to hear that you didn't get the PIP award you'd hoped for. Am I right in thinking that this was after a PIP review? What had you been claiming PIP for previously? 

When you say you've written them a letter, have you put in a mandatory reconsideration? 

Eunner

yes, I was claiming PIP AND I SENT OF  Mandatory claim form a few days ago fingers crossed. it's going to work out for me this time the phone nurse did not take on bored what I said plus he did not send me the recording which I asked to be recoreded. the phone call was about cutting my money and I am worse now than I was before. nothing changed in 4 years with I can hardly walk but got 0 points because I go for a jog sometimes to lift my mood and to get me out of the house otherwise stack in 24.7 I also got 0 points for this I,m  quite hopefully I get it but there trying to cut the money people are getting so they will not try to get it as its such hard work to even try. to much hard work for someone like me who has ADHD, IT OVERWEALMS ME. I SAID PLENTY AND AGUED MY POINTS THAT'S GOT AND EXPLAINED WHY I CANT NOT DO THINGS FOR MYSELF THANK YOU. 

Cher_Alumni

Hi @Eunner

Please let us know how the Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) goes.

One word of advice is that it's important to familiarise yourself with the PIP activities and descriptors assessors use when allocating points.  You need to include detailed examples of the last time you attempted an activity - including who was there/what happened/what the consequences were - to illustrate exactly how your impairment impacts your ability to carry it out.  Also, as taken from this pipinfo webpage, 

To be assessed as able to carry out an activity to the level described in a descriptor, a claimant must satisfy the descriptor “reliably”, that is: safely, to an acceptable standard, repeatedly and in reasonable time.

Therefore, when doing an MR or if it comes to appeal at a tribunal (fingers crossed it won't), it's important to focus on evidencing why you should have got points for certain activities, rather than highlighting what you believe were errors in the original report.  I do understand your frustration but the onus is on getting you the award you deserve.  

If you need support, you can access free local independent advice via the Advice Local website.  Good luck!