I hear you, Sigster. I always try to be aware that things are always in flux. What you could handle last year may not be possible today. But then you may find that you can handle more next year than you can now.

I remember reading something a few years ago about recommended reforms to disability. They had ten suggestions I think, but the one that stood out in my mind - the only one I remember - is that mental illness tends to be episodic. People go through periods when they're doing better and then they do worse - back and forth in a cycle. Disability doesn't seem to have a mechanism to deal with that. I think there may be a fear that if you're doing better and you try for employment - and maybe you even are successful for a while - you may lose your disability, and it might be hard to get back. So you're kind of forced into a situation where you can't work up to your potential during good times.

At least that's my understanding of the situation.