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04-15-2017 08:14 PM
@ccassaday wrote:
@SeaMaiden wrote:@hyacinth003 How old is she? The younger she is, the harder it is to get disability. Different states are harder as well to get approval. It takes usually at least 4 months for approval, and much longer in many cases. You may consider getting a disability lawyer if you find yourself a year or two out with no approval. Like most government agencies it is hurry up and wait. It can be very frustrating.
I could be wrong. But in Indiana you won't be approved until you are off work for six months. Mine sat in limbo until that six month. I am not sure anyone will get approved if they are working.
Maybe a dumb question - what do people do to keep living if they don't work at all for months? My daughter lives with us (wishes she didn't have to!) but what do people do?
Hyacinth
04-15-2017 08:20 PM
Got the mail a little while ago. In it is a request for her to see a psychologist also.
It could be because we did list that she has an ASD (autism spectrum disorder). Or maybe the unrelenting pain, which many people TRY to assume is in your head when they can't find it or nothing works.
We were turned down by the disability attorneys that my brother used successfully. He spent a lot of time interviewing me, then said he wouldn't take the case. They usually get paid when you get approved, not if you don't. He did say if she was turned down, to call him again.
He said the reason he turned her down was her age (20's) and her college degree. He said even if you cannot, say, find work sitting down, that is your problem, not theirs! She's so fatigued and having headaches so much also that I am not sure if she could even do that.
I pray all day that my daughter gets help for her pain and weakness.
Hyacinth
04-15-2017 08:28 PM
@hyacinth003 wrote:Got the mail a little while ago. In it is a request for her to see a psychologist also.
It could be because we did list that she has an ASD (autism spectrum disorder). Or maybe the unrelenting pain, which many people TRY to assume is in your head when they can't find it or nothing works.
We were turned down by the disability attorneys that my brother used successfully. He spent a lot of time interviewing me, then said he wouldn't take the case. They usually get paid when you get approved, not if you don't. He did say if she was turned down, to call him again.
He said the reason he turned her down was her age (20's) and her college degree. He said even if you cannot, say, find work sitting down, that is your problem, not theirs! She's so fatigued and having headaches so much also that I am not sure if she could even do that.
I pray all day that my daughter gets help for her pain and weakness.
Hyacinth
Was the doctor able to diagnose her condition? Did he/she mention MS, Fibro or Peripheral Neuropathy? If so, she will be tested for those conditions and prescribed medicine. It sounds crazy but unless it's given a name and she's unable to be treated by regular medication for it, it's highly unlikely that she'll receive Disability. Her life has to be severely impaired, unable to drive, unable to work, etc. also in most cases. If mobility is the only issue (and I know it's a huge one), they will still say she is able to find a job using a wheelchair.
04-15-2017 08:29 PM
@hyacinth003 ~ I definitely and highly recommend hiring a disability attorney.
04-15-2017 08:33 PM
@hyacinth003 wrote:Got the mail a little while ago. In it is a request for her to see a psychologist also.
It could be because we did list that she has an ASD (autism spectrum disorder). Or maybe the unrelenting pain, which many people TRY to assume is in your head when they can't find it or nothing works.
We were turned down by the disability attorneys that my brother used successfully. He spent a lot of time interviewing me, then said he wouldn't take the case. They usually get paid when you get approved, not if you don't. He did say if she was turned down, to call him again.
He said the reason he turned her down was her age (20's) and her college degree. He said even if you cannot, say, find work sitting down, that is your problem, not theirs! She's so fatigued and having headaches so much also that I am not sure if she could even do that.
I pray all day that my daughter gets help for her pain and weakness.
Hyacinth
Well, that explains it. A psychologist. When you combine that along with the fact that she hasn't even stopped working yet, it gives the impression that there is more going on than chronic debilitating pain. They want to determine if her chronic pain is psychological or if her autism is the reason she wants to stop working. No point in worrying now, all she can do is see the psychologist. The attorney was correct, there is no reason to hire an attorney now. There's nothing for an attorney to do while her application is still in process. You only hire an attorney if her application is denied.
04-15-2017 08:39 PM
@wishmoon wrote:
@hyacinth003 wrote:Got the mail a little while ago. In it is a request for her to see a psychologist also.
It could be because we did list that she has an ASD (autism spectrum disorder). Or maybe the unrelenting pain, which many people TRY to assume is in your head when they can't find it or nothing works.
We were turned down by the disability attorneys that my brother used successfully. He spent a lot of time interviewing me, then said he wouldn't take the case. They usually get paid when you get approved, not if you don't. He did say if she was turned down, to call him again.
He said the reason he turned her down was her age (20's) and her college degree. He said even if you cannot, say, find work sitting down, that is your problem, not theirs! She's so fatigued and having headaches so much also that I am not sure if she could even do that.
I pray all day that my daughter gets help for her pain and weakness.
Hyacinth
Was the doctor able to diagnose her condition? Did he/she mention MS, Fibro or Peripheral Neuropathy? If so, she will be tested for those conditions and prescribed medicine. It sounds crazy but unless it's given a name and she's unable to be treated by regular medication for it, it's highly unlikely that she'll receive Disability. Her life has to be severely impaired, unable to drive, unable to work, etc. also in most cases. If mobility is the only issue (and I know it's a huge one), they will still say she is able to find a job using a wheelchair.
We have been through the wringer trying to get a diagnosis. The default one is now fibromyalgia, and perhaps she indeed has it. We see the rheumatologist again this week. My mother had MS, and it was my first concern. We have seen a neurologist, had MRI's of her entire brain and spinal cord, and they were normal. She also had a normal EMG.
Her first diagnosis was spondyloarthropathy, but the MRI's disprove that. She has been on many NSAID's, sulfasalazine, and a trial of steroids with no help. She's getting worse to the point she is losing ability to drive any distance. She is using a walker if out of the house. The weakness is my biggest concern. She has been X-ryed, MRI'd, blood tested, etc. The second rheumatologist says fibromyalgia. She was super active, even refusing to drive and using a bicycle or walking for a long time. Now she has to use a shopping cart in her work, since she can't use the walker there. She has tried Neurontin and Cymbalta, with no help but lots of side effects. They won't prescribe pain medication so far. She is in so much pain.
We are hoping to get a second opinion neurologist. Her weakness really concerns me. She now can't bend over to pick something up. I guess I thought autism was enough for her to fight!
We may try another law firm and see if someone will take her case, since one has refused.
Hyacinth
04-15-2017 08:44 PM
@hyacinth003 wrote:
@ccassaday wrote:
@SeaMaiden wrote:@hyacinth003 How old is she? The younger she is, the harder it is to get disability. Different states are harder as well to get approval. It takes usually at least 4 months for approval, and much longer in many cases. You may consider getting a disability lawyer if you find yourself a year or two out with no approval. Like most government agencies it is hurry up and wait. It can be very frustrating.
I could be wrong. But in Indiana you won't be approved until you are off work for six months. Mine sat in limbo until that six month. I am not sure anyone will get approved if they are working.
Maybe a dumb question - what do people do to keep living if they don't work at all for months? My daughter lives with us (wishes she didn't have to!) but what do people do?
Hyacinth
What do people do? They go through their life savings waiting to be approved after working all their life. Why? because they got sick. My life changed overnight. I had a great high paying job and thought I had security. I had to resign, losing my health benefits . You cannot apply for unemployment. It couldn't have gotten much worse .I did it for over three years. I lost everything and to add insult to injury I had to pay 5k to a lawyer. At my hearing I was initially being denied. It was so obvious there was some funny business going on between the judge and lawyer.
04-15-2017 08:46 PM
@chrystaltree wrote:
@hyacinth003 wrote:Got the mail a little while ago. In it is a request for her to see a psychologist also.
It could be because we did list that she has an ASD (autism spectrum disorder). Or maybe the unrelenting pain, which many people TRY to assume is in your head when they can't find it or nothing works.
We were turned down by the disability attorneys that my brother used successfully. He spent a lot of time interviewing me, then said he wouldn't take the case. They usually get paid when you get approved, not if you don't. He did say if she was turned down, to call him again.
He said the reason he turned her down was her age (20's) and her college degree. He said even if you cannot, say, find work sitting down, that is your problem, not theirs! She's so fatigued and having headaches so much also that I am not sure if she could even do that.
I pray all day that my daughter gets help for her pain and weakness.
Hyacinth
Well, that explains it. A psychologist. When you combine that along with the fact that she hasn't even stopped working yet, it gives the impression that there is more going on than chronic debilitating pain. They want to determine if her chronic pain is psychological or if her autism is the reason she wants to stop working. No point in worrying now, all she can do is see the psychologist. The attorney was correct, there is no reason to hire an attorney now. There's nothing for an attorney to do while her application is still in process. You only hire an attorney if her application is denied.
Yes, I wish it was psychological. I know that it isn't. She was working super hard and worked up to a manager in a fast food restaurant. She is very independent, would like to move out and have her own car. She doesn't even want to quit her job as she is fine with it. Except for falling, being in pain, and weakness! She doesn't even want to come downstairs once she goes to her bedroom. It is so difficult for her. She cancelled a trip to California because she cannot do the walking required - and those trips are her holy grail. No train trips because she can't climb on her beloved trains anymore. Obviously no bicycle rides that she wore out tires on.
She is now depressed BECAUSE of the pain and weakness. Not the other way around. She had depression as a child, and we lived through the whole excruciating experience. I would know.
Hyacinth
04-15-2017 08:49 PM
Hyacinth 003.... my situation exactly ... have 47 year old daughter living with
us now ...we pay all her expenses ....she has filed for disability ... I am
glad we can do this for her ... I have said many times I do not know what
people do who have no one to help them. If not for us she would be in
a homeless shelter....she lost everything ....
Its been a struggle for us to adjust .. but we are doing it ....
04-15-2017 08:51 PM - edited 04-15-2017 08:53 PM
@gulf coast girl. Yes you are correct, it goes to regular SS at 65, however the amount will stay the same, SSD is usually higher, so at 65 you won't have reduced benifts.
You do not see SS doctors but they do review your medical records which come from your doctor.
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