I am. Ten years ago I had to leave my beloved job due to severe Fibromyalgia. I was almost bedridden for years. At that point the Bipolar was in remission so when I applied for disability it was based on Fibromyalgia instead of Bipolar. If I got reviewed now the Bipolar would be the main reason for my inability to work much, if at all. However, I live in Australia so the rules will be different for you. It has been 10 years since I was put on disability and I have had no formal review. All they would have to do is look at my government held medical records which would show I have been hospitalised for Bipolar around 30 times in the last 10 years. This is probably why they don't bother me with regular reviews. They can see I am a mess just on basic records. It would be a waste of money and time reviewing me.

I have no children so would have no idea as to how, or if, it would effect custody. My guess is that it would have to be proven you are a danger to your children, which I am sure you are not. Can you call the disability office confidentially and ask them?