I have been struggling with depression and anxiety issues for as long as I can remember, only I never received treatment until recently. These issues have become so great within the past 2 years that I have been unable to work a steady job or to be able to work at all. The only reason I never sought treatment before was because, when I was underage and was covered by my mother/father’s insurance, they didn’t believe I had any kind of depression issues, just wrote it off as teenage hormones. Once they finally realized that in fact, it wasn’t just hormones, and that I was really having these problems; their insurance no longer covered me (I was over 18 at that point). Ever since, I haven’t had any other kind of insurance and thought, "Well, without insurance I’m just shit out of luck." Until my friend told me about a clinic that would help me – free of charge. But that was only recently.
So anyways, point being – I was diagnosed (finally) with severe social anxiety/phobia and bipolar depression (manic episodes) and I was wondering if that would qualify enough to get approved for disability, with my clinic testimony?
you can try, but alot of times mental disabilities get rejected most of the time. i was lucky with mine…i got approved in less than 3 months. (adhd, schizo-affective, anxiety, depression). they’ll send you to see their psych for an eval since you don’t have a great medical history with it, and if you don’t "Seem" mentally ill, they say you are fine. (quotes because their definition of that is skewed…) good luck if you do…oooh, and,if you do qualify, you’d only get SSI since you haven’t worked the requirement…it’s money, but not enough to ever live on.
They would have to review it (as you know) but I think you would get it. I’ve known people who have.
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If your disorders are bad enough to affect your everyday life and your work life, then yes you can. You will need a doctors confirmation of this, usually appointed by the state themselves. So once you apply, they will tell you what you need to do from there.
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If your doctor tells you that you should seek disability, then you have a good chance. Keep in mind that Social Security will deny your claim at least 3 times. You need to continue appealing their unfavorable decision on a timely basis until they award you. If you have your doctor’s support, you shouldn’t need an attorney. When they finally approve your claim, they will pay you back pay for every month since the day you first started your claim. Be patient and don’t give up. They always try to discourage you.
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SS recipient. Tourette’s
they’ll deny you at first then you get a lawyer that specializes in disability benefits, and 99% of the time you ll get it. i just had to do all that for my dad. now we’re getting 20,000$ in back pay! he had severe depression & bipolar which made it hard for him to live a normal life too.
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you can try, but alot of times mental disabilities get rejected most of the time. i was lucky with mine…i got approved in less than 3 months. (adhd, schizo-affective, anxiety, depression). they’ll send you to see their psych for an eval since you don’t have a great medical history with it, and if you don’t "Seem" mentally ill, they say you are fine. (quotes because their definition of that is skewed…) good luck if you do…oooh, and,if you do qualify, you’d only get SSI since you haven’t worked the requirement…it’s money, but not enough to ever live on.
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