I am disabled. I have ptsd, anxiety and spinal compression.
I claimed PIP in 2014. I got awarded it and also got it again in 2016 where I was given a 3 year award and moved to high rate disability.
In the years I don't go through a review for PIP, I go through a review for ESA. I don't get any money for ESA because my partner works but it does my NI insurance.
Last year I got sent review papers for PIP in February (even though my award ran until May this year). I had a F2F interview and then got told later I had been moved to standard rate mobility and because I was now attending the pain clinic, would be reviewed in 9 months time.
So I did the MR and got refused again. I then asked for the appeal paperwork to be sent out so I could start that up. This was in September. We are now heading close to March and not only do I not have a date for the tribunal, but having spoken to someone at the DWP this morning, my review papers will be heading to me some time in the next month or so.
And my ESA is also due for review this year.
My tribunal paperwork has over 300 pages of paperwork. I was sat in tears this morning trying to understand it all (having put it off for 5 months). I don't even know if I can get another blue badge because I don't have a clue which award I'm meant to be using with the prospect of yet another one on the horizon.
They also sent me all my ESA reviews which begs the question why do they need to keep pulling people in separately? Why can't they do both at the same time?
I am done. I literally feel exhausted from the sheer amount of paperwork coming at me. I am broke, I can't afford to run my car for much longer meaning I'll be housebound and I just want to make a duvet nest and cry.
The whole system is humiliating and draining. It's almost like they want us to just give up and die.