Candy, they can't keep YOUR records from you! They're either playing dumb or hard ball! I got all my records FREE.

One thing I should stress is that the Disability doctors are there to SAVE SSDI MONEY if at all possible. MY experience was that they never found anything wrong with me and THEIR test to see if I had a/d was verbally give me a list of three things to remember; door, desk, wall. How could I NOT remember that??

You need to change your mindset from minimizing your illnesses, as you would for a job app, to giving the last little details and elaborating on them to show how it DOES hamper your ability to work.

And hey! I FIRED MY ATTORNEY a week before I went to my hearing! He didn't know his *** from a hole in the ground! My social worker with General Relief had someone IN the welfare office that works with clients to get them on Disability. He and this person is ALL I needed. The reason I was turned down the first time was because this ATTORNEY caused it giving me the wrong advice!

Listen to WiseWoman! She earned her living not to long ago doing these things, ok?