Migration of Incapacity Benefit on to E.S.A (Employment & Support Allowance)!

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its not an automatic switch over. youre judged on severity of disability and provability.

have you been hospitalised?

If a psychiatrist has genuinely diagnosed all those different conditions (which as a qualified mental health practitioner I do not believe) then you will most certainly not lose your benefits and will not be considered capable of work. With all those illnesses it'll be easy to prove.

Just having schizophrenia alone offers you a lifetime exemption from work, should you need it.

Hello, this may help you. It is a free 94 Page downloadble book titled How To Win The War On Depression

http://forwebresources.com/ebooks/depression.html

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THE SUGGESTION TO YOU IS =FOCUS ON YOUR OWN HEALING AND GET YOURSELF INFORMED
what is vitally important is to choose your healing route- for this problem ----- carefully from good information—that means knowing druggs/meds treatment for this can/will be damaging to your mind and body .drugs only mask the symptoms they do not cure.

This info well –it will save ---years of suffering = if you apply it ..

All treatment recommended by the doctors should be tested and approved and quite rightly so.
That makes sense
It costs millions of pounds to test and approve just one treatment.

Drug companies pay for most testing and will only and I mean only look at treatments, which show the promise of good deal of a profit, --they will actively dismiss any therapy which does not have profit potential— thus your doctor will only recommend therapies that have been tested with profit potential in them.

Despite The fact that some of these other therapies mentioned below do have overwhelming benefits some, which have saved massive amounts of suffering

Drugs are not the answer for any mental illness-- at best they mask symptoms

This is a fundamental principle grasp this fully –

Have you heard your local doctor recommend, Massage Spiritual healing, reiki Light therapy, Colour therapy, the violet ray therapy, Osteopathy, Electrical Frequency devices. Karma therapy and u wont because no one can put a patent on these powerful therapies .

For much more info/ detail and research behind this protocol
Go here http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/theholi…
Upon joining this group you will be sent a file giving the info –or go to the files section within the group and u will see it there

Print this all off save it and enact it and share it --- of course someone to help you get these therapies in your life is invaluable but do not be swayed by anyone trying for short cuts …
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1,get someone to massage your back and legs at least 3 times a week use peanut oil or a mix of 50-50 olive and peanut oil.

2 use the violet ray machine an Edgar Cayce device google search this --- 3 times a week on the other days especially on the spine….we use it every day with very positive results

3.if energy is an issue =get a tent sleep out side 3times a week utilising earth energy - nature can help big time especially with how you feel how much energy you have

4 study and apply good nutrition— adele davis books =protein minerals =iron essential fatty acids omega 3 6 9 protein etc

5 ensure your thyroid is working well get it checked

6 ensure you do at least I hr per day some kind of voluntary work when you are able..the reasons you are ill , or poor or have allsorts of bad things happen to you is because of karma -----usually from past lives but some from this one –voluntary work will offset your mistakes--- how much it offsets well that is down to god and how much you do. Healing us is in direct proportion to the help we give others ie your healing comes with helping others achieve theirs so if people are doing very little in helping others ---they suffer more and longer...and if they are doing a lot they get well faster....so now you know what to do ,,and like a lot of us are already doing being of service.

7 be amongst people who are giving, friendly who have time for you who love you , choose your friends well . choose your company well.

8 get to a place which personally love or like

9 do some work which you like or love

10 ensure you do no acts which hurt or inflict on anyone –don’t want to add to your karma do we !!!

11 spiritual healing and reiki find good therapists who offer this service in your area many spiritualist churches which are all around offer this for free as part of their vocational offerings to the divine.

12 focus your mind - think good positive thoughts, laughter, look at comedy, play good uplifting music,

13 avoid at all costs exposure to violence, murders, suffering ,death ,tragedies, -feed upon good things uplifting things, things that feel like a breath of fresh air..

14 Positive affirmation- t programme your self in the mirror , thoughts are things words are things actions are things , all have influence, few people realise these things can have an effect on themselves .

15 get a detox ------ toxins can influence how you feel big time

16 hugs get plenty of them in your daily life you would be amazed at how people feel after a few decent hugs.== find a big tree and hug that.
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17 loads of exercise running walking climbing but something which you enjoy

18 light therapy sunshine /light box and vitamin d and ensure water intake 2 litres a day

A total cure however is tied up with karma so you can imagine just how important is the voluntary work. The more u do the better u will feel .

Get the spiritual healing /reiki in place asap

And remember this

Voluntary work for you is a very good idea especially when u consider this principle

,.all our healing and happiness - yours and mine is linked right alongside our efforts and contribution to others.in direct proportion to the help we give others

ie your healing comes with helping others =so if people are doing very little in helping others ---they suffer more and longer...and if they are doing a lot they get well faster...

.so now you know what to do ,,and like a lot of us are already doing being of service.

Do not even dream of healing to come to you if you are doing wrongful acts , wrongful words , wrongful thoughts. All you are doing is making more of a burden for yourself

1 hour a day will make a difference to you and to others

Hi Lin. I understand a little of what you're going through, as i was diagnosed with Simple Schizophrenia in 1985, and much later, Depression. I've been on Income Support since 1988, and I've had 4 DWP Medical Assessments since then, which i passed, quite easily. Although it's true that the benefit rules have been getting stricter in recent years, based on your list of health problems, you have nothing to worry about. (The fact that you tried to attack someone at work, is evidence that you wouldn't be likely to cope in a work-based environment anyway.)

The Work Capability Test is based on your ability to do your usual job, which is usually the last job you had, or other jobs at a similar skill level. No DWP Doctor in this country would find you fit for work with your health problems, as the 3 things they look for are, 1, Your ability to manage a daily routine, 2, Your ability to get on with people in a work-based environment, and 3, Your ability to manage stressful situations at work, only the first of which i think you could manage. Also, for people claiming benefits just on Mental Health grounds, the pass-score for being classed as unfit for work is very low - Only 10 points. Even for people claiming benefits on both a Physical and Mental Health basis, the pass-score is still very low - 15 points. You probably won't even need to have a Medical Assessment, as unless your last one was more than 3 years ago, the previous DWP Doctor that you saw wouldn't have expected your health situation to improve within the 2 years following your last Medical Test. They would have put this information in their report of your health at the time. I know this, because i got a copy of my Medical Report about 4 weeks after i'd had my last Medical Test, and it was in there. That's why only some people get called up for Medical Tests every 18 months, while others aren't contacted for several years. Hope this helps.

18 years personal experience of claiming benefits, because of Mental ill Health.

Ver rew people will be exempt from ESA medical. The gov has changed its mind and those who were to be exempt are now to be included.

As mentioned above if you have a good medical history the chances of you receiving ESA are much improved

How this change will affect customers
Most current incapacity benefits customers have a Personal Capability Assessment (PCA) on a regular basis to see how their health condition or disability affects their ability to work. Once reassessment has started current incapacity benefits customers will be referred to Atos Healthcare Medical Services for a Work Capability Assessment. For some people this will be done using the information in a medical questionnaire and any additional medical information that they think would be helpful. For other people, this may involve a face-to-face assessment.

Customers who are found capable of work have a range of options. They may be able to claim Jobseeker’s Allowance. They may also be able to continue to receive Income Support if they qualify under another condition of entitlement, for example if they have young children. Some customers may also be able to claim pension credit. These options will be explained to customers when they are told that they are not eligible for Employment and Support Allowance.

Those with the most severe disabilities or health conditions will not be expected to undertake any work related activity and will get the extra support they need as part of the Support Group of Employment and Support Allowance. People who need more support to prepare for work will get that help on Employment and Support Allowance in the Work Related Activity Group.

http://www.abcofesa.co.uk/board/index.ph…

I myself suffer from severe depression and have to go for another one of these reviews in a few weeks to see if I can stay on benefits or not

From my experience with the way things work, there is no chance that they will be asking you to find a work placement whatsoever

My last interview or whatever they call them I was straight up and honest about my feelings etc, I cant go out by myself and I generally have no confidence whatsoever and I had to go to a tribunal because the ***** of a woman who interviewed me thought I was fit to work (bit of a long shot for somebody with no medical/psychological training whatsoever) which was very stressful

Anyways I appeared at my tribunal like expected, they took a 5 minute look at me and read notes from my doctor and that was that, they acknowledged that I was no way near fit enough for work

Like I said though, I suffer from mild agoraphobia and my doctor thinks I may have bi-polar and I am still signed off on the sick so you wont have any problems whatsoever from reading the information you have given

personal experience