to wonder what you do when you're too sick to work but too well to claim benefits

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Because that's the situation I'm finding myself in. Due to shit health my job is at risk but I'm not unwell enough to tick the right boxes for benefits.

I have several chronic life long health issues and don't know what to do for the best

When I asked that same question at the job centre, they told me to have a baby.

What I actually did was go part time! but then I'm lucky to have had the choice to do that and a partner who was willing to support me (take on overtime etc to make up the shortfall)

If you won't qualify for benefits, and you're not a secret millionaire, it's a matter of finding a job that you can do.

It sucks, it really does. There's no real alternative, though.

I have several chronic, live-long conditions, too. I can get ESA and DLA, but with the coming changes, found it really stressful. I got put in the support group, so they weren't hassling me to go for interviews or training etc, but I was really anxious that they'd cut benefits again and I wouldn't be able to make ends meet. It's taken a good year of trying different work patterns and companies to find something that works for me, but I'm doing okay at the moment, and I'm glad I don't need to worry about benefit changes too much. Although if I get sick, god knows what will happen.

I get the feeling the ESA work-related group is even worse, but I've never been in it.

Would being self-employed be an option?

This is the situation I find myself in, I suffer with cluster headaches, they're debilitating and there is no way I could work when I have one. However, as they are not a constant thing (I could have 3 in one day, 5 days a week then none for a week or so), this means they aren't classed as a disability. I had to give up my office job and now have no job and no chance of getting/keeping a new one.

So I can't help I'm afraid, just wanted you to know you're not the only one.