saintanselm
01-03-13, 19:27
Dear All,
I have to go for a tribunal hearing about my GAD and two bouts of PSTD which I'm currently on medication for and going through EMDR. I want to get back to work but not until I've finished the course of EMDR.
I received the results from my initial hearing for Employment and Support Allowance and they said I was fit for work. I admit I look and sound like a professional, which I am, I did go back to work between 2007- 2010, but it was so horrendous I decided to take ' time out' to fix my problems. I can get through a day at work but I have to take diazepan etc to do so and it is no way to live your life so I'm trying to get if fixed and the EMDR folk, who I am paying for privately, say I shouldn't go back to work until the course is completed.
I get the feeling that unless you have lost a limb, your eyesight, have terminal cancer etc they will let you take ESA. As soon as you mention you have a ' mental illness' they don't take you seriously and say you should get back to work. Its comical because there is a huge campaign on TV at the moment saying mental illness isn't something to be embarrassed about. Which I agree with.
I think what really irritated me is that the people who do the assessments think some people with mental health issues are work shy. This couldn't be further from the truth. I am itching to get back to work full time. I find not working boring and I hate being broke. But I want to go back to work when I am fully mentally fit.
Do I make this case in the tribunal hearing.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
James
I have to go for a tribunal hearing about my GAD and two bouts of PSTD which I'm currently on medication for and going through EMDR. I want to get back to work but not until I've finished the course of EMDR.
I received the results from my initial hearing for Employment and Support Allowance and they said I was fit for work. I admit I look and sound like a professional, which I am, I did go back to work between 2007- 2010, but it was so horrendous I decided to take ' time out' to fix my problems. I can get through a day at work but I have to take diazepan etc to do so and it is no way to live your life so I'm trying to get if fixed and the EMDR folk, who I am paying for privately, say I shouldn't go back to work until the course is completed.
I get the feeling that unless you have lost a limb, your eyesight, have terminal cancer etc they will let you take ESA. As soon as you mention you have a ' mental illness' they don't take you seriously and say you should get back to work. Its comical because there is a huge campaign on TV at the moment saying mental illness isn't something to be embarrassed about. Which I agree with.
I think what really irritated me is that the people who do the assessments think some people with mental health issues are work shy. This couldn't be further from the truth. I am itching to get back to work full time. I find not working boring and I hate being broke. But I want to go back to work when I am fully mentally fit.
Do I make this case in the tribunal hearing.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
James