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Hello @rainbowtears Pleased to meet you welcome.
Thank you for joining and sharing.
Please do not apologise for your post. We are here to listen, be supportive anytime.
Sorry what you have been through. There will be many of our community members who can identify what you are have been through.
I am one. Do understand everything you are saying.
I am one of the team of community champions who guide, advise and help new members who join the forum.
Please can I suggest you get some help with your MR. I would have a look on our website . We have a lot of information.
Also consider speaking to CAB might be useful . They have knowledge, expertise with benefits and especially things like this.
Please may I also advise are you receiving any support with your mental health?
I know it might be worth considering.
I use mental health charities used this one last time.
https://www.richmondfellowship.org.uk.
Can help with mental health wellbeing plus additional support with benefits and welfare. Can assist with assessments. Usually by attending. Often intervention by a floating support or an outreach worker might be beneficial to getting the right decision.
Please can I ask have you spoken to your GP. May help and offer anything additional signposting. Guidance and advice.
You could apply to surgery. For Patients Access or other websites. This means that you could access your records and down load them if you wish to.
Also can book an appointment on line or have any medication delivered to your home.
This excellent to hear that your doing a study for anxiety and depression. Wish you all the success with anything you do.
I myself always learning constantly about mental health my own needs and have done a lot of self help wellbeing courses. Including Nutrition and Food science related.
Please if we can help with anything please ask.
Your a valued member of our community.
Please keep in touch.
Pleasure to meet you.
Take care
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Hi hope you're feel OK today. We know how you feel, there are many who share your disappointment at the assessment centre. I felt I was being tricked and when I received the assessment report, that confirmed it for me. I sat down,feeling dejected and let down by the very system I'd supported all my working life. So how to make an MR. I was informed by the DWP to put my MR in writing. I looked what my score was on each question, then worked out what they were actually trying to achieve with their assessment questions.I know, as you do, your condition best. A forty minute assessment cannot possible achieve their aim. So get some help to write the MR letter if you can. Look at the points you were awarded, but what you should have got and didn't. Examine every angle and think why you answered the original million page questionnaire the way you did. What you missed, I missed loads. Explain this in your MR letter and why you should receive the correct points.You're not alone in this. Do your research, check the links here. Hope this helps, best of luck.
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Hi @rainbowtears
Have you applied for a mandatory reconsideration with regards to your PIP? Please let us know if you need any help with this, you only have a limited amount of time to do it.
When did you apply for Universal Credit and have you supplied them with your sick notes?
With Universal Credit you won't hear back whether it's been accepted or not until the end of your assessment period. Your circumstances (income etc) are assessed every month and an award is given based upon that. Have you had any identity and commitment meetings?Community Manager
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