I’m curious about PIP - my stepdaughter has this, and a blue badge, but I’ve always had mixed feelings about this…her mom is really into getting the most out of autism, and tells my step children to exaggerate symptoms to get various diagnoses so they can get extra support.
But now I’m really struggling with the ADHD side of my brain, and I can’t trial medications because my ADHD assessment is on hold due to lack of NHS funding in my area. I’m in terrible debt from “ADHD tax” and I can’t afford therapy. A lifetime of no diagnosis, complex trauma and minimal support is starting to catch up with me, just as I’m ready to be my best middle aged self. It’s so frustrating!
Given it’s been so hard for me to even get a blue badge or ADHD diagnosis, what are the chances I’d get PIP? It would really help me as I’d put that into therapy or commuting to work, which is killing me at the moment. I certainly have proof of needing extra support, but a lifetime of trauma also makes me think I shouldn’t need it. And I have the memory of my step children’s mom constantly pushing to get extra support for the kids even when they don’t need it (fyi, I would never tell them I think this way and just say it’s not for me when they suggest I try to get it).
Thanks for any lived experience or ideas you may have!