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Old Feb 25, 2014, 08:21 AM
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I feel ya. I was fired from my job a year and a couple of months ago. I went into a very deep depression that lasted a long time. I have also been fighting this thing my whole life. I was able to work all that time in California and had insurance but the depression has gotten so much worse with anxiety now that i never used to have there was no way I could go back to work. I had to reach out to family for help and move back to Michigan. I was able to collect unemployment for a year from CA but that ran out. I am very lucky to have the support of my family or I would be homeless.

Can you apply for unemployment. You should apply for medicaid food stamps and cash assistance from the state. What county are you in. Where I am at county mental health is seeing me for free. That is about to end because all the laws are changing. I think I will qualify for medicaid though. Michigan is expanding medicaid. the problem is it doesn't go into effect until april 1st. also they are making big cuts to county mental health budgets. There is a bill that is about to change that though and they are going to get more money for the transition period. Your county should have something set up. and it seems like you should qualify for unemployment.
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