Hi, my name is Alfiepie06! Any advice for the tribunal?

Alfiepie06

i have psoriatic arthritis which is a chronic widespread immflamatory arthritis which affects every joint in your body i also have dysphasia which is swallowing difficulties as my easophagus is extremely narrow i also suffer with anxiety issues due to my chocking episodes and social anxiety disorder i applied for pip a few months back and never got any points for either element , i did the mandatory consideration with fantastic evidence from my consultant and doctors and was still only awarded four points for mobility and eight for daily living , i am absolutely disgusted by this decision as the evidence my consultant sent said that this affected my mobility and daily living , i am now going to tribunal has anyone got any advice i’m extremely anxious about this i have opted for the video call as i don’t think my nerves could cope with a face to face tribunal , i have to have prompting and supervision with medication and also to eat as i don’t enjoy foood due to chocking episodes and panic attacks , i can’t believe they put people through this i’m sitting crying here writing this , i actually have a job in the nhs but my duties are restricted i’ve recently had so much time off because of my arthritis and am now dropping my hours i don’t do any physical work in my job it’s more keeping patients settled and communicating what more evidence can i provide for tribunal and also i’m now in stage three of my sickness so probably will lose my job in the very near future any advice would be appreciated 

Tori_Scope

Welcome to the community @Alfiepie06 Thank you for joining us! 

Are you getting any professional support to help you with your tribunal? 

Citizens Advice have some information about what the tribunal's like, and how you can prepare, which you might like to read.

Alfiepie06

i have been trying to get someone to help me but citizens advice is so busy in my area atm i’ve also tried my local disability forum

L_Volunteer

This sounds really difficult @Alfiepie06. How did you find trying your local disability forum?

I can see you are having a really difficult time, with quite a few difficult things happening at once at the moment. 

In an ideal world, what would support look like for you at the moment? - other than more availability, of course!

We are all here for you and listening to you if you would like to share more with us. Please don't hesitate to let us know if we can do anything to support you