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Originally Posted by thickntired
JLDragon - It is a blessing not to have to go on SSI or SSDI, and I would say only ppl who are playing the system would pick it as option one. I have my MBA, excellent references, and a solid résumé. I would love to have the mental capacity to return to a job making good money. Instead I am broke, I have to cut corners on my meds, Dr appts, and I can't afford therapy. But just because I'm on disability doesn't mean I can't do "meaningful work."
Hellion: I am on SSDI because I was in the workforce 20 years. A lot of it has to do with your diagnosis I would think, and depression is probably harder to approve than bipolar because more of the population have depression. The same with PTSD because of troops returning home I have read. So yes paperwork and a Dr. backing you up are crucial, but it all comes down to how does your disablity affect your ability to work. And some gov't official decides if you are unable to function in any job position - ie. factory work.
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Yes I am aware, and its actually gotten so bad I cannot really function in general.....let alone at a job. Either way I went to apply for SSI already and the case worker person I got certainly seemed to think I have a reasonable case for getting on SSI. Then I have an appointment coming up with a psychiatrist to get more documentation that's more recent that what I've provided so far.
Anyways if I don't get on SSI I am likely to end up dead on the streets, so hopefully I can get on it which would also allow me to get on medicaid so I can maybe get some treatment for all the anxiety, depression and PTSD symptoms also its very likely I have aspergers syndrome which supposedly explains why I suck at social interaction and can't make eye contact which probably contributed to being treated like a freak and an outcast growing up which certainly did not help me develop in a healthy way. But its those in charge of the SSI that I have to prove it to......not an Internet forum I suppose.