Resolved Question: Advice on Filing Disability for Depression & Anxiety?
I am trying to get more information regarding going on SSI for disability. I would love to get feedback for those already on disability and there experience. Do I have to be unemployed to file SSI? Should I be seeing a therapist regularly? Regarding chart notes, etc
Do I need a psychiatrist letter backing me up of my diagnosis and the effects it has on my daily life?
Anything else you can suggest to help get me started? I am currently employed but barely hanging on. My depression and anxiety have been with me all my life and recently its gotten worse. I have to force myself to get out of bed to do anything or go anywhere. I don't like leaving the house as I become anxious and feel like I'm going to have a panic attack. I have been having break downs at work and had a talking to by my boss for coming in late and being irritable. I recently asked to become part time as I couldn't function at work anymore. Everytime I step out of my house I become sick to my stomach. Its not just at work, anywhere I go I become anxious. My wife is worried because I wont return friends & family phone calls and refuse to hang out with anyone. I lock myself up in the room most of the time. Its taking a toll on her as she does not understand this and doesn't see why I cant just snap out of. She calls me a loner and hermit. Its been so bad I have had suicidal thoughts and hard to see a reason to live. The docs I have seen just want to prescribe medication and I am apprehensive about it. I have taken medication in the past for my depression but it left me feeling like a zombie. I feel like Im on the verge of a major breakdown. Any little thing at work or home sets me off and stresses me out. I hate being this way! I have been like this since I was a child. I am not trying to gain sympathy but I have had a hard life as both my parents died in my teens and I have had to be an adult very fast. Details about me: I have seen two psychiatrist that diagnosed me with Major Depression and Anxiety Disorder. I also suffer from Insomnia.
I have been employed since 18, mostly part time. I am now 29. So I do have work credits.
I live in Calif and work about 32hours a week. Please no comments on how I need to snap out of it or stop feeling sorry for myself. I already feel ashamed. Until you have walked in someone else's shoes and gone through what they have you don't know. I have tried med's, yoga, talking and nothing seems to help.