Yeah, my career is definitely stunted. I have an M.S. in Cell & Molecular Biology (obtained in 2004) and have not worked since being a grad student. Every job I take, I get so anxious, depressed, and panicked that I nearly end up in the psych hospital.

It was my old pdoc's belief after my last foray into the work force that my mental health issues are too severe to work. But I can't get disability. My husband's job as a teacher even with its measly pay puts us into a tax bracket where we can't receive aid. I have thoughts all the time about lying to the government about my situation just so we can get some help. I won't stoop to that though.

It is messed up though, to have to pay $80 at the pdoc's (lousy health insurance for teachers) to be told you can't work, leave with a list of meds so long, your head it spinning, and you still can't qualify for aid.