im in a similar situation...aplied last april, got denied and i got a lawyer for my appeal my court date for the appeal is on feb 1 and im going crazy in the meantime...i dont know what ill do if im.denied...i tried for years to work and never lasted longer than 1.5years at any one job most lasted around 6 months...good luck and best thing to do is try to not worry about it too much. also if you get denied, which about 95percent of people do the firwt go round, appeal and keep trying. i think the reason it is so soow is to see who will last it out and who needs it...jmo