Contact your local Social Security office. They can tell you if you have enough credits to qualify for SSDI or if you would need to apply for SSI instead. SSDI is Social Security Disability Insurance, and is based on how much you have worked and how recent that work is. SSI is Supplemental Security Income and is need-based. So children and people who have either never worked or don't have enough credits would get SSI if found to be disabled. SSI is based on household income, so if there is any other income coming in to anyone in your household, you may or may not qualify for it, even if found to be disabled. SSDI has no limits on how much you can receive - it's all based on how much you have earned in the past and is not dependent on household income.

Nowadays you can apply for SS online. I'm not sure how that works, as I was awarded my disability over 10 years ago. Talk to your pdoc about it as well and make sure they are on board with supporting you in your application. If not, find someone who is. It can take a while to get, and there are many people who are denied at first, but keep at it. And don't feel like it's the end of your ability to ever work again. There is an elaborate system in place for people who want to try to work again after being on disability for a while. But it's there when it's needed. Good luck.