In Canada to get any amount of support from CPP disability (Canada Pension Plan - same as US Social Security), you have to be permanently disabled, and never able to work again in any capacity. I applied for CPP disability 2 years ago and was turned down. But my friend knows people on it, and she says if it's a mental disorder, you always get turned down the first time you apply. Which is discrimination, because people with physical disabilities always get accepted. Now that I've been diagnosed with BP I may apply again, but I'm not getting my hopes up.