hi i'm new here and i wondered if anyone could help me understand what more i can do to win my esa appeal...? i was sent a form last year to attend an atos" medical"...and because my condition is ocd, depression, trauma, and other issues... i forgot about this letter...later it was arranged i attend a so called medical..i had a support worker but when i made my way to the "medical" my support workker was not at the waiting area..and i was called in promptly...during this interview with a so called nurse... i was asked questions not relevant to mental ill health..she askked me nothing much that i could expand on... only how i spent my days? did i drink? at that time i did drink maybe 8 can strong lager per week...now i dont drink at all... i told her i slept a lot...but she worded it in a way to say i was so lazy spent my time in bed...it made me very angry as she is unjustly labelling me a scrounger!anyway to cut this shorter...she also asked if i had a dog... which i do have, a small spaniel..(my only company) i live alone here with no friends..or family...anyway... after this fiasco...i mobiled rather texted my support worker to find where she was... and she was just on her way.. and i said i had left the building...needless to say when i got the report about this "medical" it was not in my favour...that woman twisted every single answer to her loaded questions... she implied because i took a bus there (only 10 mins away) by bus... that i was ok... not a threat to the work place...and that i had a dog.. which i could let out to the toilet by myself... so i'm fit... but my problems are mental...and she didnt even mention my drinking... it was totaly fabricated to suit her own ends... currently i am appealing... i sent a long letter and doc sent a note and i have med certificates to cover me for 6 months... but i know will be renewed upon request..i also got a therapist to write... since this (august 2012)thats date of when i appealed...i'm still waiting but on reduced e.s.a...i have since been put into secondary care... after seeing a mental health team..with my support worker...should i be saying this to the dwp? im still awaiting this team of mental health people getting in contact... i saw them about a month ago... and they said it would take time to set up... tht i would get a care coordinator as well...is there anything more i cn do to help myself with evidence for this appeal? i had hoped it would be "looked at again" but it doesnt look like this will happen... if they force me to workk... i will be penniless i just cannot cope with that pressure right now and envisage walking out if placed somewhere...is there a time limit on how long i should wait for this appeal to be heard? any help appreciated.ty.paul.