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Aug 16, 2012, 02:56 AM
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Member Since: May 2010
Location: Some where between my inner mind and the solar system.
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Since your doctors are the ones that brought this up and you have physical plus mental disabilities use their help and it will go easer. I was a mess and don't recall much other than filling out some papers my doctor gave me, he did the rest. I got mine on the first try and within a few months, but I had doctors doing most of the work and it also depends on the state you live it, some are easier than others.
I was a great Mom before and after SSDI just because you are on disability it doesn't mean you can't be a mom. I didn't think that, but my daughter tells me so. The social workers, the doctors, all of them back then when my PSD was really bad and I also had DID back then, but I am now one, said I was a great mom.
Yes, you can go to school on SSDI, you can go back to work too. You can when you feel better work for under a certain amount of money or if you want to try full time they give you so many trail work periods to see if you are ready to go back to work. You don't have to be on it forever. It is hard with the dissociation and sometimes getting well is a full time job. I answered your other post where you asked if you were having a breakdown. No it sounds pretty standard for PTSD & DID. Not easy but let those around you care for you "trust" is the hardest thing to do. Take care.  gentle hugs 
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