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Originally Posted by moremi
It doesnt always take years to get it, atleast not in my case. I do have more than bipolar. Also bpd, adhd, agorophobia and anxiety w panic. I applied online by myself and was approved 2 1/2 months later. Its important that they see you have been seeking treatment and not well. They also check into your work history, al of my jobs were ended bc of my illness. I know its not the norm to get it that fast but it does happen. I had also alreadybeen out of work for two years and in and out of mental hospitals. I just knew I could possibly never function in the work field like a normal person can. I often got paranoid and of course all of my emotions were so much more intense than the normal persons.
For me it was thebest decision. I hope you do whats best for you. 
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I dunno.. I mean I could keep just going from job to job to job and struggling to make it. I just feel like I'm not working as much as just 'waiting to get fired' or waiting for the day someone really pisses me off and I quit. I've quit several jobs and been fired a few times. I've been to jail, the hospital, and have at some point freaked out on everyone that is close to me. I can be a real a-hole and without remorse. The only reason I kept some jobs so long is because I worked mostly by myself.
Now I know that it was bipolar related, not ADHD, so I'm thinking that this is going to be a repeating pattern for me, and not conducive to a happy life. I believe you can still work on disability, you just can't make too much money, but I might be wrong. But if that's true, I could just work part time.
It's just something I'm considering because I don't know what's going to happen if I keep doing what I've been doing. Am I gonna have a job for several years, and then one day decide to scream at my boss? I dunno.. it very well could happen. Or maybe someone will piss me off real bad and I'll whack them over the head with an aluminum rod. I've had such thoughts before.