Hi everyone ![]()
I have been looking at this site for many days now and really think the people here are lovely and understanding. I hope I may be able to help people too![]()
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I am in a terrible predicament but I will try to be concise.
I suffer from anxiety and agoraphobia, OCD and emetophobia and a general health phobia. I went to see Atos for my medical back in August. Then I was under investigation for fraud as someone malicious had reported me. It has taken all this time for me to be cleared, no longer under investigation for fraud though income support are trying to claim that I have been overpaid and I have had to appeal about that as it amounts to almost £7000. I have asked to look at their rather absurd figures as there isn't a reason why they would come to such a sum. I haven't worked. I think they might have been grasping at straws a bit as the fraud case came to nothing. In the meantime, I have only now discovered that I failed the medical all the way back in August (my benefits were suspended for all that time, though of course I never actually got ESA as I was in the middle of a transition from income support to ESA if I passed the medical) and I have yet to find out how many points I may have been awarded. The thing is, my husband does claim ESA (after an appeal) and in the time that my income support/ESA was suspended, I was eligible for carers allowance as I take care of my mother in law who has Alzheimers. I am really worried. As you know I am already appealing against their decision regarding the ridiculous amount of money they think I owe and I realise I can appeal about this decision about no ESA but will I have to claim JSA now? I wouldn't be able to sign on because of my agoraphobia and I can't go into towns. Or if under appeal, would I still get ESA with my husband? Then also there is the fact that because of the fraud thing, I didn't even know that I'd failed the medical and may have passed the time frame? Additionally, what concerns me greatly is my situation at home is not good. I am trying in vain to look after myself and because of my mental health issues have got into a vulnerable situation. If all money is to be paid to my husband, it could leave me with nothing ultimately (All housing benefit is paid to him, including the back money after the fraud case was cleared). Thank you for reading this and any help would be much appreciated.
I have been looking at this site for many days now and really think the people here are lovely and understanding. I hope I may be able to help people too
.I am in a terrible predicament but I will try to be concise.
I suffer from anxiety and agoraphobia, OCD and emetophobia and a general health phobia. I went to see Atos for my medical back in August. Then I was under investigation for fraud as someone malicious had reported me. It has taken all this time for me to be cleared, no longer under investigation for fraud though income support are trying to claim that I have been overpaid and I have had to appeal about that as it amounts to almost £7000. I have asked to look at their rather absurd figures as there isn't a reason why they would come to such a sum. I haven't worked. I think they might have been grasping at straws a bit as the fraud case came to nothing. In the meantime, I have only now discovered that I failed the medical all the way back in August (my benefits were suspended for all that time, though of course I never actually got ESA as I was in the middle of a transition from income support to ESA if I passed the medical) and I have yet to find out how many points I may have been awarded. The thing is, my husband does claim ESA (after an appeal) and in the time that my income support/ESA was suspended, I was eligible for carers allowance as I take care of my mother in law who has Alzheimers. I am really worried. As you know I am already appealing against their decision regarding the ridiculous amount of money they think I owe and I realise I can appeal about this decision about no ESA but will I have to claim JSA now? I wouldn't be able to sign on because of my agoraphobia and I can't go into towns. Or if under appeal, would I still get ESA with my husband? Then also there is the fact that because of the fraud thing, I didn't even know that I'd failed the medical and may have passed the time frame? Additionally, what concerns me greatly is my situation at home is not good. I am trying in vain to look after myself and because of my mental health issues have got into a vulnerable situation. If all money is to be paid to my husband, it could leave me with nothing ultimately (All housing benefit is paid to him, including the back money after the fraud case was cleared). Thank you for reading this and any help would be much appreciated.