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Mar 13, 2017, 10:48 PM
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You can work while on ssdi. You just are capped at making a certain amount or you'll get kicked off the system after 9 nonconsecutive months of earning over the cap anount. Trust me, I just went through this whole thing with ssdi as I went back to work full time.
Ssdi is based on your prior income, and you have to a certain length of employment history to qualify. I'll give you an example, I made $4,750 before taxes monthly before I went on ssdi. When I went on ssdi, I got $1850 a month. That was 39% of my gross income (pretax).
You absolutely can go to school on disability. And you can work. The cap on income is around $800. Check with your ssi office to be sure of the cap.
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Primary Dx: C-PTSD and Severe Chronic Treatment Resistant Major Depressive Disorder
Secondary Dx: Generalized Anxiety Disorder with mild Agoraphobia.
Meds I've tried: Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, Effexor, Remeron, Elavil, Wellbutrin, Risperidone, Abilify, Prazosin, Paxil, Trazadone, Tramadol, Topomax, Xanax, Propranolol, Valium, Visteril, Vraylar, Selinor, Clonopin, Ambien
Treatments I've done: CBT, DBT, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Talk therapy, psychotherapy, exercise, diet, sleeping more, sleeping less...
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