Tired of fighting for disability!?
Ive been trying to get disability since June 22, 2011 and now I am waiting on a court date. The reason I had 2 try for disability is cause I have severe anxiety disorder, panic attacks, stomach problems, ibs, svt heart disease, another tachycardia heart disease, syncope (Ive never fainted from it but they said I still have it) high and low blood pressure (I know alot of people dont know but yes you can have both, which makes it really hard to get it balanced out) and depression. The last few months I have been feeling better and I want to go back to work but I am still really scared to cause Im scared it will all start over bad again like it did in Feb 2011 when I had to be put on bedrest for it cause it all happend at 1 time. I dont know what triggered it! I am so lost on what to do. Im tired of fighting for disability. I wish I could go back to work with no problems but I am jus so scared of my health getting worse and having to start completly over with disability. What should I do!?
Do I have to pay child support if I'm disabled and unable to work?
I have paid $600 a month for the past nine years. I have never missed a payment, and there is no court order involved. I pay the child support voluntarily. I've increased the payments when asked. I was injured at work, and have been sick for the past two years; but I continued to work. I've just reached a point where I'm no longer able to do my job. I plan on paying the support for as long as I can, even though it will mean I can't afford a place to live.
If you are disabled and unable to work how do you find purpose in life?
I worked for 35 years before it became impossible to keep up. I was finally able to get SSDI when I turned 50. I had a job for 21 years where I was able to write updated notes and then everything became computerized. From 2004 until 2010, I was mostly unemployed, though I was able to work for two years at a printing plant until they moved. My biggest argument was that I wanted to keep working, but any job that would be easy for me I could not get to because I cannot drive. I’ve never driven. Whether it is Illinois or the system itself, count me as one of the many people who think that there should be less BS involved when it comes to getting SSDI.So in 2010 life was a bit of a novelty. I could wear Icy Hot all day and not worry about stinking up an office. I could change certain daily habits. I take pain medication more often now than I did in 2010, but that’s because I’ve gotten older. I handle the depression of not knowing how bad or how good I’ll feel when I wake up each morning by thinking that I’m dog-paddling and just keeping my nose above water.I have a sheltie and I’ll sit outside with him and he likes one walk during the day and one in the evening, so I let him stay spoiled. I read, I stay informed. I watch the Cubs and hope they get into the playoffs.I don’t really understand why I need to find a purpose in life because I’m disabled. Do abled people ask each other that? If I understand it the right way, you mean, well, no. I don���t know what you mean. I was this way from birth and your question is better suited for those who became disabled at some point later in life.I check on my elderly neighbors, I accept the pain I have, knowing theirs is as bad or worse. I play with my dog, who is seven and is getting arthritis. And, honestly, I always wonder if abled people go through life with a purpose. This is not directed at the OP, it is more towards many, many people I have known throughout my life.
Can I apply for disability for my bipolar disorder?
I don't have as much information as the others ,but I do get SSDI for bipolar and PTSD and I was approved on the second try. This was more than 15 years ago, though. The first time, i don't think they had all the medical records, and the doctor didn't realize it was bipolar disorder yet. Being young and with a college degree probably made it harder for me to get SSDI. I was in the hospital twice, I think and had treatment off and on before i went on disability. During the application process, much of my care initially was by a GP (remember, I didn't know it was bipolar yet) and later a psychiatrist, and I don't know if I had a therapist or not also, since I did off on and on for many years. Frankly, I am sure that the medication treatments I received made me permanently worse off, so I think it's a risky choice. And PTSD and a horrible upbringing can cause out of contol behaviors and psychosis too, and bipolar is very over diagnosed now. Psychiatry is not very scientific and diagnoses are wrong much of the time. so i suggest you try therapy and especially a DBT class if you can get one, and see if things don't get a LOT better in several months. Being on disability for a mental illness can suck all hope, it's difficult to make friends, because it's hard to get around the "what do you do for a living" questions, and you are chronically impoverished. It should be your last ditch option, imo. I wish I never got psychiatric treatment and only got therapy, and struggled along part time, but after I took antidepressants, it was all over for me. Maybe a coincidence, but the same suspicious timing happened to my brother. I've been told me and my brother are rare cases, but I no longer believe that, since there are so many stories like ours on the internet now. So I suggest the less risky approach of therapy alone for awhile. Those drugs made me a lot worse off for many years, and nearly caused my death, so I just can't say anything good about them. At least now, i just have the horrible depression, and no more akathisia, a common but unrecognized side effect that is probably what makes a lot of psychiatric patients worse.
How do i get approved for social security disability?
Have a real disability. Then get denied for social security. And that's when you get a lawyer.
Why do my tax dollars go to other people’s disability/welfare check? Why am I responsible for them? I have no problem paying taxes for the things I need, even if I don’t use them (e.g., public school systems). Isn’t this compulsory altruism?
I would like to try to answer this question by asking a question or 2. If you didn’t have to pay tax would you object to a government cheque that would help you survive if you were to become disabled or unable to find work? I understand that this isn’t reality, but if you answer yes I would like the cheque, than I could argue you would agree that govt should ensure you are taken care of at the worst of times. If you answer no, I don’t want the cheque, then I would say how could you survive? There’s no shame for you or anyone to accept help when it is just. A common vision that would have to be undertaken by the people of the nation.Now, I would consider myself lucky to be healthy and able to work. If I love my country, it would stand that I love the people in my country. Does that make sense? And one more suggestion. You can’t pick and choose where you want your taxes to go specifically. Like, I want to pay for schools, but not roads. There is a lot of common sense solutions that you vote for and the economic strength of the country you reside in will give it’s citizens a measured lifestyle that should hopefully make each person’s living conditions civil and better.This question reminds me of a discussion I had years ago with a fellow summers student employee I worked with. I was disabled and I tried to work, but I missed a couple of days due to feeling sick. When I went back to work, the student said to me I wish you were still sick so I can make more hours. I was taken back, and said How could you say that? He said that if I could climb a tree and pick 5 apples, I wouldn’t give you one. It’s not my fault that you are sick. I said is that what they teach you in University? He replied, yes. I said, I would give you an apple or two. I have enough. The irony comes later in life. Do right and you receive right eventually.