No 4 point PIP descriptors results
| Submission ID: 1164294 |
| Date: 2025-04-09 23:41:31 |
| Nickname: Nickname |
| Age: 44 |
| Main health condition: Both physical and mental health |
| Main conditions that affect daily living: M.E. Autism |
| Rate of PIP daily living component: Standard |
| 4 point descriptor score: No |
| Possibility to score at least one 4-point daily living descriptor at the next review: Unlikely as I am already fighting (in tribunal) for a return to a previous four. |
| Tasks you struggle with on a day-to-day basis: Everything. I only have so much energy each day and I cannot complete all daily "life" tasks. So I have to choose. If I shower I forego cooking or life admin or housework. If I socialise, it takes two days to recover. I do not have one severely impacted category, but the sum total of all the twos is just as bad, if not worse. It is all cumulative. |
| Expected income you will lose if the Green Paper cuts are imposed: I don't know for certain, but losing PIP and the disability premium will have my condition worsen. I use my money for supplements and treatments and healthy food. I use it for help around the house and with my dogs (without whom I would be totally alone). I am trying to not think about three future as when I do i go into an anxiety spiral... which worsens my conditions. Losing this financial help WILL make my condition worse through the stress. I will then be forced to apply again for PIP, battling alone and in worse physical shape. Waiting many months/a year for a verdict. The stress of this will make my life unbearable and not worth living. |
| Expected problems if you tried moving into work, with support from a work coach: I would very quickly lose my job. The unpredictability of my condition means I cannot commit to a timetable. My brain short circuts when I am tired and I can barely string a sentence together. Finding a job with flexibility and understanding as well as the ability to work from home. Sounds rarer than rocking horse poop. |
| Anything else to tell us: I am a qualified secondary school teacher. I left that career to follow my dream of being a police officer. My health started to decline and I went back to teaching as it was less physical. My health got even worse so I had to quit. I then tried studying a masters, I completed three modules and was forced to quit. I am not working, not for the want of trying, but because I cannot physically or mentally cope. I spent years being a servant of local and national government. I feel so very betrayed. |
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