David Cameron's next steps for Welfare reform

[luckylove]

David Cameron wants to stop benefits for obese, mentally ill and addicts who "refuse" treatment. (The mental health bit was brought up last year.)
BBC article

The BBC wanted to hear from people who may be affected by this so I sent them my story.

Comments

[elettaria]

*many hugs* That's an excellent and brave letter. I hope they publish it.

I won't because it'd stress me out too much, but I suppose I could write to them about when I ended up obese due to severe ME. In particular, inability to exercise, fairly severe sleep disorders and fatigue combining to make it impossible for me to stick to a routine, and memory loss severe enough that I had no idea how much or when I'd eaten. Although frankly no one should have to give a reason for their weight. How the hell is additional poverty going to make people change any of this? Those of us with ME are also terrified that we could be forced onto very dangerous exercise programmes.

Anyway, this is a topic I can sometimes deal with but mostly find extremely stressful, though it absolutely does need to be talked about. Any chance you could put it behind an LJ-cut?

[luckylove]

I did try but couldn't remember how at the timetime so I gave up in frustration. I'll try again now.

[elettaria]

Yep, that works. Thanks so much!

Incidentally, do you happen to know anything about prazosin or alpha blockers in general? I'm asking my GP about trying it for PTSD nightmares. It might not be the best thing for the dysautonomia, though.