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#1
Dec 16, 2015, 10:28 PM
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Please share your experiences either way.
I am on SSI due to my mental illnesses. I received the positive Social Security determination and at that same time as appointed a Representative Payee due to the impulsiveness that can accompany the illness. I am attempting to become my own Representative Payee but have anxieties that Social Security will want to end my benefits because I think I can handle my own money. That fear is from my own imagination for the most part. What is your experience?
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BEST OF LUCK TO US ALL!  600 mg Trileptal (oxcarbazepine) 30 mg Atarax (hydroxyzine) 8 mg Trilafon (perphenazine) Bipolar 1 - Borderline Personality Disorder - Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Eating Disorder |
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Dec 17, 2015, 12:04 AM
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I handle my own. When I was approved they did an assessment to see if I was ok doing it because my therapist and I had both noted that I had had trouble paying bills on time in the past. Since that time though I'd gotten set up with a system that works and they were satisfied with that.
I just got my renewal and they didn't care at all that I manage my own money. I did document that I occasionally have help figuring out bills or budgeting because I do, but for the most part I'm independent with finances.
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily |
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#3
Dec 17, 2015, 01:59 AM
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 Thank you so much. I know I will still need help. In a way, I don't want the responsibility. But paying a company $600 a year and they don't contact me when bills are high (2 months of a water leak cost an additional $200) and letting house insurance lapse because they didn't anticipate paying me less personal needs. I need someone who cares and who better then me? But my impulse problem is still a problem. Well, thank you again! This whole change causes too many emotions to sort and leaves my mind a fog.
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BEST OF LUCK TO US ALL! 600 mg Trileptal (oxcarbazepine) 30 mg Atarax (hydroxyzine) 8 mg Trilafon (perphenazine) Bipolar 1 - Borderline Personality Disorder - Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Eating Disorder |
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Dec 17, 2015, 03:47 AM
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You don't have a family member or close friend as a rep payee?
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Will work for bananas.
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Dec 17, 2015, 04:20 AM
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BEST OF LUCK TO US ALL! 600 mg Trileptal (oxcarbazepine) 30 mg Atarax (hydroxyzine) 8 mg Trilafon (perphenazine) Bipolar 1 - Borderline Personality Disorder - Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Eating Disorder |
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Dec 17, 2015, 11:24 AM
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I do not have a rep payee on SSD. My sister does, but in her case it goes right to the convalescent center where she lives.
No one ever required me to make that choice. |
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#7
Dec 17, 2015, 11:24 AM
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My mom is my payee
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“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” -St. Francis of Assisi Diagnosis: Schizoaffective disorder Bipolar type PTSD Social Anxiety Disorder Anorexia Binge/Purge type |
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Dec 17, 2015, 01:08 PM
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I don't have a rep, but my husband handles the finances anyway. It keeps my anxiety down.
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#9
Dec 17, 2015, 02:16 PM
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Thank you all. I guess my applying to be my own possibly didn't open up a huge abyss of problems.
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BEST OF LUCK TO US ALL! 600 mg Trileptal (oxcarbazepine) 30 mg Atarax (hydroxyzine) 8 mg Trilafon (perphenazine) Bipolar 1 - Borderline Personality Disorder - Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Eating Disorder |
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