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From: " bongo" - on 16 Nov 2006 02:33 <vex(a)hex.spam> wrote in message news:3p2ol2lavhmu731ab62tlsgqmim7tkhuu5(a)4ax.com... >I want to apply for UK DLA (disability living allowance) on grounds of > mental illness. I suffer from; > > paranoid schizophrenia with voices and delusions (I think they're > real, my shrink doesn't) > OCD obsessive compulsive disorder > anxiety > depression > snipped long post. > In summary, I need to know what to write on this form for a person > with serious MI. What did other people write for each of the above > parts? The form is excessively complicated and goes on for 50 pages. A > reasonable form would stop after 20 or 25 pages. I don't know how to > fill in this form and am looking for guidance. Thank you. right you are on the right lines. put in every thing you can think of, but make sure you put in the way you feel in the bad times. ie as you have told us how you feel & think. never mention the good times just mention about the bad times.. get your shrink od CPN to fill in some of the forms, (getting them to fill in some bits vurtually guaranties getting benafits) at the part of the form where it asks for your - doctors, name and address,- put in the name and address of your shrink, (this is because your shrink knows more about u and your condition than your normall doctor.) the way you have writen your post is just the way you kneed to fill in the forms, just remember to mention only the way you feel when you are feeling bad. make an appointment with your shrink, take the forms to him/her and ask them to help you fill them in, - they are used to the forms and will help. if you have a CPN get intouch with him fist as he/she can also help you with the forms. the forms seem very confusing, - i now get them every four years - i keep a copy of my old forms that i have filled in as they come in handy as , a referance, when i get the new forms to fill in. thus making it easier to fill in the new forms, also i still get my CPN to fill in some of the forms. all the best m8. and remember. if what you have writen sounds nuts then you are on the wright path,
From: anatomy of a monkfish on 16 Nov 2006 04:32 <vex(a)hex.spam> wrote in message news:3p2ol2lavhmu731ab62tlsgqmim7tkhuu5(a)4ax.com... >I want to apply for UK DLA (disability living allowance) on grounds of > mental illness. I suffer from; > > snipped The nice people at the Citizen's Advice Bureau are very helpful when it comes to this sort of thing.
From: GoNads on 16 Nov 2006 07:49 On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:56:03 -0800, vex(a)hex.spam wrote: >I want to apply for UK DLA (disability living allowance) on grounds of >mental illness. I suffer from; > Have you seen this http://www.disabilityalliance.org/list4.htm I know you have to pay but its only a few quid. -- Email:go-nadsAThotmailDOTcoDOTuk
From: GoNads on 16 Nov 2006 07:50 On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:56:03 -0800, vex(a)hex.spam wrote: >I want to apply for UK DLA (disability living allowance) on grounds of >mental illness. I suffer from; Sorry Also check this out, its free http://www.benefitsinmind.org.uk/claiming_dla_and_aa_1.htm -- Email:go-nadsAThotmailDOTcoDOTuk
From: Mentally Sub-Normal on 16 Nov 2006 08:38
On 16 Nov, 12:50, GoNads <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: > On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:56:03 -0800, v...(a)hex.spam wrote: > >I want to apply for UK DLA (disability living allowance) on grounds of > >mental illness. I suffer from;Sorry > Also check this out, its free > > http://www.benefitsinmind.org.uk/claiming_dla_and_aa_1.htm > > -- > Email:go-nadsAThotmailDOTcoDOTuk According to my advocate (who also works for Rethink <www.rethink.org> used to be known as the National Schizophrena Alliance, IIRC) with whom I was having this conversation the other day (she works for their benefit dept) "severe discomfort" means *PHYSICAL* discomfort, to the best of her recollection, no-one with mental illness has ever been awarded higher mobility and to receive the highest care rate you have to be practically bedridden, that's how stringent the criteria are these days. I was originally awarded only lower care and no mobility and had to challenge it via tribunal (I'm now in receipt of middle care and lower mobility). I've always found this to be a little cockeyed because lower mobility is only something like £16pw and that won't nearly cover bus fares. Whereas higher is something like three times that, yet if you're on higher you qualify for a FREE bus pass for FREE travel (at least you do here in Teesdale, though I'm sure other authorities must run similar schemes). The fact you can step outside your front door (whether you need your mother's help, or not) virtually all but disqualifies you from claiming higher mobility. Are you claiming Carer's/Attendance Allowance? If not, you need to ask your mother to fill in the forms. I also strongly recommend you ask Rethink about Direct Payments; these allow you to employ a cleaner, gardener or other 'handy' person and the BA will pay them. The direct link to Rethink's benefit advice pages is <http://www.rethink.org/living_with_mental_illness/money_debt_mental_health_problems/benefits/index.html>. And I strongly advise you get yourself an advocate - Rethink offer such a service; details can be found here <http://www.rethink.org/how_we_can_help/our_services/advocacy.html>. Hope that helps Sarah xxxxxxxxx |