SSDI does allow you to work a little if you are able. Check the regulations. It is around $700 per month. There are also provisions for a trial work period for somewhere around 9 months. There is also a program called Ticket to Work for job training. I think under some of these you also keep your Medicare benefits for awhile.

I am sorry I am so vague. I also endured ECT and the side effects have been dehabilitating. Even so, I hope to be able to go back to work sometime. That goal is something I am living for.

I hope someday we are both healed enough to be employed. Good luck.