[Claritytoo]

. I am applying for SSD again but I am not sure I can do it. The thought of just going to the office is overwhelming. I have a seasonal job to help me with money but my medical ran out for my therapy appointments. I'm not going to be able to pay my Dr so I think today is my last visit until next year. It too much right now. too much anxiety in my head.

[Hobbit House]

I too am needing to apply. Can't work anymore ,can't drive anymore. I'm pretty screwed. I have lots of stuff going on, so I should be able to get approved. Just a matter of time.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by Claritytoo

. I am applying for SSD again but I am not sure I can do it. The thought of just going to the office is overwhelming. I have a seasonal job to help me with money but my medical ran out for my therapy appointments. I'm not going to be able to pay my Dr so I think today is my last visit until next year. It too much right now. too much anxiety in my head.

my suggestion is talk with your treatment providers. insurance usually do have special forms for treatment providers to fill in to request more sessions. short version american health system no longer has limiting caps where insurance companies say thats it no more. so insurance companies set a basic number of sessions they will pay for then if more are needed they have the treatment provider fill in paperwork as to the clients diagnosis, a basic goal oriented treatment plan and a projection of possible number of extra sessions needed. the insurance company gets the paper word then updates their files to reflect how many more sessions per that present fiscal year they will pay for.

another suggestion is when talking with your treatment providers find out how many sessions per year your insurance covers. then schedule / space out your sessions in a way that will make it possible for you to see your treatment provider year around with out running out of sessions.

example.....my own insurance company pays for 52 sessions a year so my treatment provider and I schedule in such a way that I can see her almost every week with a few spaced out further so that we have some left over for emergency sessions.

also applying for social security disability can be done online at the social security website. you dont necessarily have to go in to the ss office now.

[elevatedsoul]

its important to have your treatment providers help with their part of it...

i've been trying to get mine for 5-6 years now... i should get it this time because doctors are helping more, but its like impossible without their help it seems atleast for me...

you can take someone with you to help comfort you while you go?

my case manager went with me... she helped...

[yagr]

Originally Posted by Claritytoo

. I am applying for SSD again but I am not sure I can do it. The thought of just going to the office is overwhelming. I have a seasonal job to help me with money but my medical ran out for my therapy appointments. I'm not going to be able to pay my Dr so I think today is my last visit until next year. It too much right now. too much anxiety in my head.

I am so sorry that you are in the position that you are. I know the feeling of being overwhelmed with the idea of going to the office. SSD is, in my experience, a tough road to go though unfortunately necessary for many of us.

It has been seven weeks and one day since my SSD hearing and I am still waiting to hear back from them with the results, though my attorney has advised me to expect a denial as I was 'not credible'. Apparently, if I had as much wrong with me as my doctors suggested, I wouldn't have had the strength to get to the hearing - since I was there, I'm not credible.

I have been diagnosed with two auto-immune disorders, chronic heart disease, chronic kidney disease, chronic pain syndrome, extensive nerve damage, etc., etc. as well as c-PTSD, DID, and a few more et cetera's. Been almost four years now, four denials and a hearing and it looks like I'm still out of luck.

Shortly after the hearing, after my lawyer said it would almost certainly be denied, I got a job because frankly, I had exhausted my ability to be hungry and not be able to afford to eat. Worked one day and had two heart attacks that evening - heart surgery followed. Apparently that isn't relevant if we have to appeal a denial because the only thing we can base the appeal on is the information that was available at the time of the hearing - not anything that came afterwards.

Anyway, I do hope that you are able to go through with this and I hope that your results are better than mine, but I did want to offer this as a cautionary tale because I think part of my disappointment was based on the assumption that there was no way I could possibly be denied based on my condition and my doctors unanimously saying that I could no longer work. Had I not trusted them to do the right thing, the process would have been easier for me.

[elevatedsoul]

thats what happened at my hearing Yagr...

i hate how the system works against those that need it the most, yet the frauds get it daily...

[Claritytoo]

I talked to my t about it and she said for me to go in like I am going to work. (paraphrasing) But if I go in like I am going to go to work I won't want SSD. Not all of us want to apply for help and none of us will talk to anyone about us. So I just don't see help coming. I am trying to work but it's all too confusing.

[elevatedsoul]

do you have anyone that can support you through the process?

i went in ready to handle buisness but it backfired on me because i probably didnt seem credible due to the fact that i probably held composure or was able to answer questions properlly or who knows what.. i dont remember the hearing so i cant say

but you are just going into the office to apply ..?

they will just run through a list of questions and ask you yes or no and different information to open the case for them to review... they will get most of the information from the doctors i believe..