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Originally Posted by unaluna
So i thought you already had meetings with drs. Those were not SSDI drs, that you took all those funny tests with?
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No, the tests are pretty conclusive and not objective at all. i.e. my blood work tests positive for myasthenia gravis. There is no other conclusive tests and so to see a SSDI medical doctor to run the same blood test that was tested and another blood sample was taken to confirm the findings...I just don't think they thought it necessary. Most of what is wrong with me physically are side effects of the myasthenia and to be expected with this disease.
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Originally Posted by unaluna
Also, i remember lawyers and or ts being pretty adamant about what condition to file for. Not that i can remember which. But they were like, this always gets approved, that never gets approved.
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*nods* Myasthenia is supposed to be a near guarantee, but things are getting tougher.
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Originally Posted by unaluna
Are you going mental or physical or both?
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Well, one doesn't get to pick really. I have made my records available from both my medical and psych team providers. The judge may deem my psychiatric limitations as not disabling, but might find that I qualify for disability for physical reasons and the mental doesn't matter or isn't needed. Conversely, he could find my psychiatric disabilities so severe that he doesn't even have to consider my physical condition.
My greatest concern, besides the possibility that I am denied, is that he brings up my DID diagnosis in court or refers me to a SSDI psychiatrist. Because I will not talk to him or a psychiatrist who is paid to find me 'not disabled' about that.