I had little doubt that you'd respond to my advice with all kinds of good reasons why it shouldn't apply. I also notice that you've rather misunderstood what I said - I wasn't saying "don't DO the form on speed" (that's a whole other matter, and I thought I'd probably be wasting my time and yours by saying that), just don't announce to ATOS that that is what you've done.
It may well be that benefitsandwork do recommend you mention substance abuse, but I suspect they're talking about that as part of your general pathology, rather than announcing that the form was completed under the influence.
I suggest you don't go back and redo it - on past form, that sounds like a guaranteed way of making sure it doesn't get done. And if you do insist on wanting to tell them that you took speed to do it, then nobody here is going to stop you - but...well, it's what I said a few days ago about a lot of people offering advice in a spirit of supportiveness, and your tendency to be a little more than selective about a) which you take, and b) taking responsibility.
I guess we can do no more than advise, and resist the temptation to say "Told you so" if it should go all runny further down the line.
Phew, that's that sent off.
I did end up having to redo it, because I was on my 6th page and I had mentioned speed on the fourth page, and because of the way the pages all continued from one another, I couldn't very well just take that one page out.
I just made it, phew.
I wouldn't have got it finished if I hadnt've done speed.
Speed isn't something I have done for ages but it was the only way I thought I could get it done.
I didn't do the sheets of info all in one big go, I had breaks for food and a listen to some tunes to give myself rests.
I've probably left loads out but I made it alot shorter.
There was still 6 sheets, but the writing was much more spaced out, so less took up more.
Hhahahahahhaha, the previous one which I threw away had smaller writing and very densely packed. At least with the new one, whoever reads it wont fall asleep long before they have read it.
One last question. The ESA guide from benefitsandwork seemed to want you to get whoever was writing your supporting letters of evidence, to base their letters on descriptors that go with each question.
There's no way my GP would have time to read the descriptors, or any of the other people who wrote supporting letters.
I would have a hell of a time explaining that to the various people who wrote my supporting letters, and, tbh, I think that the people who wrote my supporting letters would be a bit pissed off if I expected them to read the descriptors in the ESA guide.
B&W said, if anything is incorrect on the letters, it could ruin your case.
Maybe B&W are just covering their backsides.
*sits back and enjoys comedown* hahahahha
One of the questions was about tasks. I just spent hours explaining to Atos that I cannot do tasks, yet compiling that sheet was one fucking big task, but I have been preparing it since January 2012.
Back then I started a document, and every time i thought of a problem I had that stopped me doing various things, I wrote it down as it occured to me, so there was a ready done list, when the form came.
I thought it a bit obsessive starting that document in jan 2012, but now I am glad I was obsessive, cos that was a real tight squeeze.
