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Originally Posted by Nick9075
Can't keep a job any job due to performance issues that are affected by medications. And taking too much time off or early days to see pdoc gets me fired. At age 40 when you have been thru this you are unemployable and disability is the only income u will ever see
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Other than taking your meds, is there something that will make working possible in a job? For instance, I have to have a reliable schedule everyday. I'm a teacher and I have to have my own classroom for planning and teaching (actually a difficult feat). I have a backup teacher that can cover my class in case I get a panic attack. My pdoc wrote these as disability requirements that, by law, they have to follow.
When filling out an application, you do have to say you have a disability that can be managed with workplace accommodations (they can't ask you about it in an interview!)
If you don't think you can follow through on the accommodations, then disability may be for you...just know that it is HELL to sign up for and actually get awarded. Have an attorney help you.
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Kimber
Dx- Bipolar 1, General Anxiety
Meds: 800 seroquel, 300 lamictal, 20 prozac, 150 wellbutrin, 600mg x3 Gabapentin, Synthroid, (Crestor, Tricor, and Metformin to counteract it all.)
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