Anyone get PIP for anxiety depression ADHD with autistic traits awaiting ASD assessment

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I've got my assessment next week.I don't know anyone claiming PIP so I've filled the form in and we will see.Just wonder if anyone one here gets it.
I've not been assessed for autism yet but my ADHD assessor said I had traits.
I feel this explains why I've always had extreme anxiety and struggle in social situations.

My dd gets it for these conditions.

We sent in heaps of evidence. Also Dh is the nominated person as she wouldn’t speak on the phone.

She has significant fatigue too. And is on medication, but still struggles.

As for ‘The Sun Rises’ well they obviously don’t need it if they can do all that stuff.

Just a letter from my GP. That was all.

Amazing thank you all.Ive just been approved for access to work for a cab to stop me walking 20 miles per week in all weathers and in a v remote area.One colleague asked why I was claiming off the state !!
Well I struggle to be in the crowded areas so much after 40 yrs of therapy on and off and having to stop driving I think I've tried Sharon **.
PIp assessment next week then hopefully my ASD soon.
To the person asking why I've applied for PIP after decades I currently earn enough to have heating or food which is another issue.
I live a v frugal life already and my dh working full-time like myself any P I P money will be v useful I can't get food delivered and not feel guilty if if it costs more.
I didn't know about PIP or that I could still work and apply.

I don't drink or smoke or have sky T v before anyone asks.!!

Amiunemployable did you have to pay for the letter I was told not to do this.

They don’t take GP letters.

What are your care needs?

I dont know if you mean you work 5 days a week and walk 4 miles a day. Thats not excessive in my view and actually good for you unless you have mobility issues. Poor weather isnt really a reason to need support with the extra costs of a disability

I assume what you mean is you dont earn enough to have heating or food?

Do you pool together your and your husbands money for utilities and food?

And GPs dont generally know how you function day to day, they know the gist but cant 'evidence' what is going on in your home and when you're out and about. The GPs records are from what the patient tells them.

If OP could walk to work, she wouldn’t be receiving A2W funding for it, so it doesn’t really matter what anyone on MN thinks, she has been judged to be unable to.

It depends on the content of GP evidence and the individual circumstances. In some cases, it can be helpful and is considered. In others, it isn’t.

OP doesnt need to explain necessarily

Im talking generally here, but lots of SEN children are entitled to taxi transport to and from school/college but that isnt always in their best interests, in terms of independence development and enablement we will often tell SEN that its not needed or only needed for certain times or journeys. Thats the comparison Im making, you can be entitled to something but it doesnt necessarily mean its right or that its doing you good.

Lots of our children are being disempowered that way.

2x4greenbrick thank you

I get pip. I have physical disabilities as well as AuDHD, ptsd, anxiety, depression.

I get mobility at the high rate due to my physical disabilities and low rate daily care

Many of those things are very valid - and were things we listed for my DD. We took the view that if she was only able to live a normal life when facilitated by family, then there was an impact that needed to be detailed. We pointed out that we are approaching retirement and would have less money to underwrite her life as an adult and would potentially, through aging/illness/dying, not be able to provide the support she needs and PIP would enable her to outsource these services.

So, for example when at home we buy shopping and clear up the chaos after she has cooked (often leave oven and burners on etc) but she is likely to be unsafe if living alone - so she copes in shared student accommodation (sort of) because a) she now rarely cooks and students would notice the burners/oven and switch them off (with bitching and resentment) and b) she has opted not to cook for 3 months living on bagels and custard donuts to avoid conflict and risk. As a result she is anaemic, and deficient in multiple vitamins needing a supplementation programme prescribed by GP (calcium, iron, vit D etc), oh and a tooth infection because she ran out of toothpaste, floss, mouthwash. Similarly, while she has us to ferry her around locally, she doesn’t need taxis, but at uni she also struggles with crowds so public transport at peak times is impossible for her. If she has lectures at 9am or after 4pm, she has to have a pre booked taxi/uber.

Similarly, she struggles with domestic hygiene (kitchen/bathrooms are dreadful). I actually hit a wall over needing to clean her room/ensuite and having to have her bathroom renovated within 4 years of installation because she has OCD and cannot cope with cleaning the loo, sink, shower (esp the drains, or mould build up). PIP has meant we can pay for a cleaner and we no longer have the conflict around this.

When you speak to them at your assessment address the fact that if your husband were not there to provide a safety net (lifts, safety, shopping, help with maintaining the home, underwriting the additional costs from his income) you would potentially be unable to fend for yourself without access to cars, easy to prepare microwavable food, online grocery deliveries, cleaners etc. It’s about being able to live and function ‘independently’ so you need to set out how your life would look like were you to find yourself alone

The things are all the type of thing they listen to.

Sorry long answer (I am also AuDHD 😬)

I agree it's been a great character building exercise to just get on with life,work,exercise for 60 years.
To the outside world I've done ok.Internally though the burnout suicidal ideation eating disorders haven't been fun.
I think everything is a balance.Not getting taxis straight away for children or teens unless absolutely necessary.

If you get it, will very likely stop when you reach NRA anyway

Where did you hear that? I’ve been told it carries on post-retirement.

OP isn’t a child receiving transport to school. A2W is given if it isn’t necessary or in the claimant’s best interests.

For DC who are receiving school transport, where independent travel training is appropriate, LAs are quick to move to that.

PIP does not stop just because some reaches SPA.

Cautiouslurker2
Im sorry about your daughter.I agree life would be difficult without him as he gets the food and often cooks.I struggle with bothering to eat myself and often forget or get too exhausted after a day masking around some colleagues and my job is on my feet all day which is fine so I fall asleep around six and miss tea.
I worry about germs so clean alot.My self esteem is low so often survive on a yoghurt with fruit as it's simple and I take supplements.
I get overwhelmed so I can't do cinema restaurant pubs etc.
I'm good with personal hygiene too .
People don't realize the effort of being late diagnosed ADHD with autistic traits.

Whoops, over-egged the pudding there.

No,

DWP don’t take GP letters. They will take records though. Gp usually knows what’s going on. Mine did. But letters are disregarded by dwp.

GP letters aren’t always disregarded. It depends on the individual circumstances. Sometimes they are and sometimes they aren’t.

Best of luck op x

Mine was renewed in September.

In the ‘Don’t send’ list from the DWP was A letter from your Gp. This was listed along with things like hospital appointment letters.

It might be new because l don’t remember it being there when l first applied .But this time it was.

Thank you Bloomchamp.