I dont think i can go ahead with appeal

Jox it would be such a shame if you cannot go ahead with your appeal, have you contacted your local CAB office, many of them do home visits and could assist you with your appeal. I also think if your condition prevents you from leaving home then you can ask for the tribunal to be convened in your home, someone on here will be able to clarify if this is correct. It is so important for you to talk to your doc, request a home visit if you cannot go to him, maybe you would feel less anxious in your own home detailing you anxiety problems. Whatever you decide-good luck.

Jox

What everyone says on here is good advice; don't be afraid to ask for help from your doctor, after all that's what he/she is there for.

Like you I was friendless and held off telling my doc for years. But when I eventually did, and he recognised my condition and started to help me, the relief was immense!

Do that, then take it from there

Hi Jox

You probably don't realise it but you have actually made a big step by telling us about your problems on this site.

I have mental issues too and I know it is not easy to tell the doctor it took me a long long time but I eventually plucked up the courage to see the doctor and I am so glad I did because that is when I started to receive help.

If it is too difficult to actually see the doctor please write to him as someone has already suggested I think you should send him all the problems you have as detailed on here and more if you can, when I have a doctors appointment I now write down what my questions/problems are and simply hand it to the doctor so far it is working well.

I wish you all the best

hi jox

ive jst read yr post and its decribes just how i feel. i suffer frm anxiety and feel the same about my appeal. i doubt myself a lot and still havent decided if i can go ahead with my appeal. even though if i dont i will end up very ill again. i had other health issues that i had left for a couple of years. i was to fearfull and i dont no why. i decided to slowly deal with one thing at a time. i finally told my doctor the other day what a weight of my mind. i might not be strong enough 2 deal with my appeall this time but i am moving forward slowly ive found this site really helpfull it reminds me im not on my own. i hope you find the help u need one step at a time.

im worried that my gp wont belive me and think im just saying i have metal health problems for a better chance of getting dla. this is also one of the reasons im scared of the appeal,i feel like they wont belive me if you where to look at me and talk to me you would have no idea i had any problems i dont think i look like somebody with a problem and think people will think im making it all up im very paranoid its so frustating sometimes i get the point it makes me so angry i feel like i could attend the tribunal, but when the anger wares off i just feel riddled with axiety and worry.

i never used to feel like this i rember when i was younger and outgoing, i didnt pay attention to what people thought of me this all seems to have started from when i left my job due to my disability in around 2005 since then iv pretty much lived in my house and rarely left it. my anxiety is so bad that i only feel comfatuble going to ceartain petrol stations and shops, there is a petrol station by my house but i dont feel comfortable going to it so i drive 8 miles to a diffrence one in a quite place where that not manny people use, it seems silly evern to myself i dont know why i do this i just live with it and its so normal to me i dont i forget i have a problem its only after wrting this thread that i have realised just how bad it is. i want to feel how i did when i was younger i dont know what went wrong when i was 1st awarded dla 4 years ago it was like a godsend to me i actualy cried with joy it was a huge weight off my shoulders. i just see no hope for the future nothing to look foward to iv never been religous but i have started to wonder if there is a god and asked him for his help and strenght i just want to be happy