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Old Nov 28, 2015, 09:44 PM
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This was suggested to me by Job and Family Services as a "take from this suggestion what you will". So I shall pass it on regarding your final quarter of work (which of course you need before other quarters run out of time; don't know how long that takes).

I was trying to get Medicaid and qualified at that moment but as soon as SSDI was approved or not I would lose it. If I was denied I'd continue to have no income but still wouldn't qualify for medicaid. So they were telling me about a program where if you are disabled and work just a teeny bit, just a few hours per week, you can get medicaid somehow. They told me that they had one woman who worked 2 hours per week for her church and "I am fairly sure that money goes straight back to the church BUT IT IS NOT MY BUSINESS (hint, hint) and if you can find anything like that it would help you". Obviously not right this second, but when you get stabilized again (and remember, you DID get stabilized for a little while while coming off all those meds cold turkey---and I just realized this was probably part of this for you but if you come off lithium without a taper there's a thing where 3-5 months later you often will get depressed. Happened to me once after a toxicity and I had to go back on it to get my sanity back. I think that's true for other meds so this may all be your body reacting to the huge changes in the late summer).

But if you can find somewhere that will pay you and let you donate the money back or something so it's not a big burden on them but just gets your paperwork done...honestly you could do it for watching your nieces/nephew; my sister and her husband pay their sitter but also file social security and pay taxes for her... and therefore not expect much of you that might be the way to get that final quarter.
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Old Nov 28, 2015, 10:56 PM
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Good hint, I mean tip.
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Old Dec 02, 2015, 04:16 PM
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When I'm "proud" I've gotten out of bed before 10 o'clock in the weekend, or that I've showered, my mum says something like "that's what normal people do, no reason to be proud of that."
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Old Dec 02, 2015, 07:45 PM
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When I'm "proud" I've gotten out of bed before 10 o'clock in the weekend, or that I've showered, my mum says something like "that's what normal people do, no reason to be proud of that."
I'm so sorry your mom has said those things to you. While I haven't experienced this exact thing, I understand how that feels. It's terrible. I hope she can learn to understand.
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