and if you do have optic neuritis, one of the worst of the worsts, don't file when your vision is all nice and cleared up, because then clearly you can work, albeit you are supposedly on the auto-disabled list.
Then, when you get the rejection letter, oh crud...missed the appeal, because felt, well, why bother, but with government work...there went all the ssdi credits...
((of which I was really hoping to use that to help me get away from an abusive spouse, but that had to come a completely different way...))