Thinking about trying for SSI?

I've been thinking about this for a while. I don't think I can get it for anixity and depression cause I have little proof but I NVLD I believe and a DARS person plus I got got into a 6 to 8 months programs at Woodrow-Wilson Rehabilition center for people with all kinds of disabilities. I also have something called hashmoto disease. It lack of thyroid production.

From my understanding severe depression and/or anxiety are conditions they will give SSI for...but yeah it can be difficult proving those things actually make you unable to hold a job. Having other conditions/disabilities certainly helps though when it comes to SSI.

Include all conditions and possible conditions you have when you apply, if they determine there aren't enough medical records to make a decision then they will scedule you a doctors appointment to collect more info about your condition...and if you get any new records about your condition during the decision process you can submit those to.

It varies by state, but the impression I get is if you need it you have to persist and fight for it....you might get denied in which case you should appeal it, don't do what I did and decide not to bother otherwise you'll have to start all over again with the process and it takes a while so its best to get it started asap and stick to it. Sticking to it can be hard though its a long kinda stressful process with lots of 'waiting.' Also, you might feel guilty when you hear views of how people on SSI are just lazy and need to just up and find a job and this and that but don't let that stop you they system is in place for people with disabilities preventing them from work so nothing wrong with using it for that.

The exact process varies by state, so you'd have to look at the Social security website for your state....or maybe the initial site is national and you can select the state, can't remember exactly.

Your thyroid disease is common/not disabling, usually easily fixed with an inexpensive thyroid hormone pill Hashimoto's disease - MayoClinic.com (I am hypothyroid too). A learning disability might make things harder for you but is not totally "disabling", there are probably jobs you can do/have done so you would not be considered totally disabled. If you have not been working but have been getting income from somewhere else; they will expect you to keep getting that income; getting SSI doesn't happen suddenly, you have to show you really need it but if you are getting income from somewhere, you can't show that? If you are working, you'd have to show how the disability keeps you from making "enough" money to live on. Whether you think you can work or not is not part of the equation, just what your actual experience over time has shown. That you are in therapy or going to programs to teach you to work with your disability, that can work against you as it says you are "able" to get better, are not totally disabled and "helpless".

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