applying for SSDI again after being off of it and working for several years

I applied for SSDI in late 2017 and was approved immediately (I had an attorney but he did not in any way participate: the decision was instant).

My diagnosis is Bipolar I with Psychotic features. I have had 3 sui attempts in history. The latest was in early 2017.

In 2018 I went on Zyprexa and it worked for me for a while and I was able to work.

In 2019 my SSDI ended.

Zyprexa later caused unbearable side effects and I had to go off of it. I am now on Latuda and Thorazine. I feel depressed, am unable to work, am on an approved leave of absence from work. My condition is exacerbated by sleep apnea which I developed after I went off of SSDI. I am now reading online that sleep apnea is not considered a disability by the social security administration. The thing is, I need exorbitant amount of sleep to feel functional and I cannot report to work on time. In addition to being depressed, I now have high anxiety.

I am writing to see if anybody has been in this situation: first, approved for SSDI, then off of it and thinking you would never need it, but then a relapse and possibly an added diagnosis. Is it possible to get back on SSDI after a period of working?

Thank you!

I'm so very sorry you bear such heavy burdens!

Wish I knew something about SSDI but sadly I don't. I sure hope you are able to get it. You definitely deserve it.

Hopefully members here with experience regarding SSDI will see your post and respond to it with something helpful to you. So very sorry I am unable to be helpful to you in this!

Me. I was on disability in 2009 went off 2013 to 2016 relapsed got back on it 2017 had to apply twice said lost my first app claimed I never submitted it. Anyway I was approved but am working part time as I'm able to now that I'm stable and being reviewed. I really can't be working fulltime anymore but my job has that option if I lose disability.

Just reapply don't use an attorney I never have I did have help of a case manager but I was really out of it. it took a year to get approved for me because they lost my original app. Than it was a couple months. when I really needed I didn't have it. Applied Jan 2017 reapplied aug approved nov.

Reapply in Aug, approved Nov is fast!