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salty1212334
salty1212334 Online Community Member Posts: 156 Contributor
Hi ive just had my journal update about questionnaire and the address is wrong. They also only just accepted my fit note that ended yesterday i requested another today. I also have a rheumatologist appointment 5th of june how long do I get to return questionnaire. Ive already had a WCA and got turned down ive been putting fit notes in for something else ive been handing in sick notes for 8 months continuous its driving me mad. I got miss diagnosed they said i had hypermobility because my knuckles can pop off and on yet i dont have a single joint that can bend back. Then I saw my normal doctor and he said I had a connective tissue disease all my collagen is is messed up through out my body so he referred me to rheumatologist. i need a diagnosis before WCA i also have a appointment with a psychiatrist i am just waiting for a letter ive already had initial appointment 

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    You don’t need a diagnosis before your WCA because it’s not about a diagnosis. 

    The letter you received with the UC50 form will tell you what date the form needs to be returned by. 
  • salty1212334
    salty1212334 Online Community Member Posts: 156 Contributor
    I no its not about a diagnosis but if i have my WCA and say things about my joints but dont have a diagnosis would it not look bad don't that mean any one can lie to them like get a fitnote for anxiety then say they have schizophrenia and there tripping bad get lcwra but there's actually nothing wrong with them surely they check last time they said i was not on medication for pain witch is a lie they told me they would not accept fit note last time for hypermobility as thats what it was for when they rejected it why would u have to hand fitnotes in with a diagnosis if diagnosis don't matter
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    You do not need a diagnosis to be written on any fit note. 

    On assessment reports when you see something like “is not taking any medication “ that’s one of the classic copy and paste reasons they often use. 

    No, it won’t look bad if you don’t have a diagnosis because that’s not what it’s about. They assess your ability to do any type of work. It’s about the work you can do and not the work you can’t do. 

    What you need to concentrate on is which descriptor you think applies to you and why. LCWRA descriptors here https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/universal-credit-uc/uc-faq/limited-capability-for-work-related-activity
  • salty1212334
    salty1212334 Online Community Member Posts: 156 Contributor
    This is what that website quotes

    you suffer from some specific disease or bodily or mental disablement and, by reasons of such disease or disablement; there would be a substantial risk to the mental or physical health of any person if you were found not to have limited capability for work-related activity'

    i have connective tissue disease and i am going to speak to a psychiatrist the initial assessor thinks i have a personality disorder but i need a diagnosis for the quote above its already messed with my mental health i am ill and they don't listen all i no is attack i feel hopeless its took me to speak to iapt about things i didn't want to ive not lived a normal life my doctor also said that to me ever since i spoke to iapt they have all started listening my doctor new nothing about my past all this has been going on about 4 years since i lost my mum i was on JSA but they said i could only have 2 sick periods in a year and advised me to switch to universal credit then we had covid and i was left alone so i never bothered doing anything then they made everyone go back thats when i put fit note in i had something happen to me at my property so moved in with my mum i never left her flat for 3 years then she died of cancer and i was forced to move back in my property now im back here its been none stop madness i never told the assessor nothing about whats happened in my past as i did not want to look weak i need to tell them everything this time ive been in to many life or death situations in my life i just want peace 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    You're still focusing on the wrong thing. You said you know it's not about a diagnosis but then said you need a diagnosis before your WCA. You're not helping yourself by focusing on this.

    Focus on the conditions itself and how they affect you. Don't leave anything out and use extra sheets of paper, if needed. Give a couple of real world examples of exactly what happened the last time you attempted each descriptor that applies to you. Keep the information relevant and don't tell your life story. Less is often more.

    Make sure you add your name and NI number to everything you send.
  • salty1212334
    salty1212334 Online Community Member Posts: 156 Contributor
    Ive not lived a normal life me saying i cant deal with people wont cut it i need to tell the truth ive had guns put to my head as a child and ive been held up at tazer and knife point ive had a lunatic chase me not long ago with a knife ive never seen him before then a week later he took he's life we also had a friend who assaulted a girl when we was kids i had to go to social services to say what he was wearing that night on video camera i walked past the girl crying as we was  supposed to meet on a field for victorian night i just thought she had a fight or something my brains stuck in fight or flight then security following me isn't helping at all the 2 times ive had appointments at the jobcentre ive lost it they want me to go college i cant do it my doctor told me im to young to be signed off witch is nonsense then when he found out whats happened to me hes completley changed hes mind im abusing prescription drugs now because of everything some days im taking 16 pills just to forget everything i was taking 15 tramadol a day when my mum died then stopped but the job centre have caused me to relapse im now taking 800mg pregab and 600mg gabapentin 40mg amitryptiline and 40mg propranolol and cannabis i wish i could lift weights or go for a run but i cant it makes me lock up when i try moving im in loads of debt from when i moved in with my mum i was charged 3 years council tax as a worker because i wasn't claiming benefits yet showed no income to get rent paid most days i eat 1 meal a day as im paying 3 council tax bills and bailifs theres nothing i can do i have 0 grades i cant learn as u need to be in a room with other people or on video camera i cant be on video camera as it reminds me of that poor girl ever since i told iapt my doctors are treating me better i asked to speak to a psychiatrist ages ago but they sent me to iapt the person from iapt said there service would not be good enough for me and wrote a referal letter to psychiatrist if my doctor done that in the first place i would have had extra evidence for reconsideration mental trauma has caused my connective tissue disease to much stress im going grey at 32 i dont care about extra money i just want peace my neighbours son got signed off and hes lived a normal life he still has hes parents he has a car license and motorbike license he lives with hes mum so dont pay bills hes been signed off because hes 20 stone and has a bad back u no how wrong that is of course your going to have a bad back being overweight i will force myself to citizens advice and get them to help me sorry for rant i cant stop this post may need to be removed 
  • Community_Scope
    Community_Scope Posts: 1,893 Empowering
    Hello @salty1212334

    Please keep an eye out for an email from Community@scope.org.uk :)