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Originally Posted by tracy33
Yes, it's a psychiatrist. I had a good one who I saw on a very regular basis for a while. At least 2-3 times a month until things got leveled out with me. He must have kept good notes on me. I also had him write a letter for me that made me sound pretty bad. I gave it the judge so I could get out of community service when I had an assault charge against me.
I also have a dual diagnosis. Drugs and alcohol.
I don't know about online services. Can you trust them??
Are there any disabilty lawyers listed in your phone book?
People go on disability for alcoholism alone, I beleive.
Also, when you file for disability, you have to list every job you ever held and the dates.(ugh!) I held quite a few. This can be very helpful, though, because it shows that you cannot hold down a job.
I imagine any and all info on you would help your case.
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Again, good info, tracy. Sad fact is, I don't have to play games to demonstrate that I have a failed work history; the record shows that I
can't hold down a job for more than a few weeks to a couple of months. It'll be a painful thing, listing every job I've had in the past X years (and I hope X is less than 10).
I'll be getting meds monitoring from a nurse practitioner starting very soon, so she'll have to serve as my pdoc.
Since I was diagnosed with BPD just this April, I may have different constraints than others. In terms if the charts I've been disabled for less than a year, but BPD doesn't just go away, and in my case has unfortunately accelerated some in recent months. What a mess.
I don't know the EXACT dates of all of my hospitalizations and jobs but am good enough with numbers to get sufficiently close.
I guess I'll keep folks posted--could be instructive to those who come after me in this crapstained quest.