Posted: 4/26/2013 10:55:05 AM EDT
| Can you really be on it for stress? Is this why there are disability lawyers everywhere? |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Can you really be on it for stress? Is this why there are disability lawyers everywhere? IIRC, depression/anxiety is often a sort of "enhancing" factor people use to get benefits  Speed enhancing? like in addition to another health problem? Yes. Maybe someone says their back hurts and they can't work. The disability folks might say that person is capable doing some non labor sort of job, thus they wouldn't qualify for benefits, so...the scumbags will go to a psych doc, get "treated" for anxiety/depression, and now claim they have another issue that precludes them from doing even menial office work. Then they get a check That's how I understand it based on talking with all my old loser neighbors who were all collecting disability  Speed |
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In "MY" experience (From people I've known personally) you can get it from almost anything. I knew a dude 15-20yrs ago who was "disabled" because he was a heroine junkie (He was 20). Spent his whole life sucking on his dole checks (When he wasn't stealing from those few family members who hadn't TOTALLY given up on him). I mean....If your Mom was prescribed Thalidomide back in the 50's/60's and you came out all F'd-up...EH...I get it and am sympathetic. IF, however, you're just a lazy douche' that doesn't want to work....fuck you  |
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Can you really be on it for stress? Is this why there are disability lawyers everywhere? IIRC, depression/anxiety is often a sort of "enhancing" factor people use to get benefits
Speed I know a woman that claims to be on SSDI for agoraphobia. She certainly is on SSDI, but I can only take her word for the reason. Her agoraphobia none the less does not prevent her from having a booth at a local flea market, and I suspect whatever income she gets from that is off the books. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Can you really be on it for stress? Is this why there are disability lawyers everywhere? IIRC, depression/anxiety is often a sort of "enhancing" factor people use to get benefits Speed I know a woman that claims to be on SSDI for agoraphobia. She certainly is on SSDI, but I can only take her word for the reason. Her agoraphobia none the less does not prevent her from having a booth at a local flea market, and I suspect whatever income she gets from that is off the books. She goes to the flea market outside her home? She's getting better! Good for her!  Speed |
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Can you really be on it for stress? Is this why there are disability lawyers everywhere? IIRC, depression/anxiety is often a sort of "enhancing" factor people use to get benefits
Speed I know a woman that claims to be on SSDI for agoraphobia. She certainly is on SSDI, but I can only take her word for the reason. Her agoraphobia none the less does not prevent her from having a booth at a local flea market, and I suspect whatever income she gets from that is off the books. She goes to the flea market outside her home? She's getting better! Good for her!
Speed Yes .. baby steps ...... baby steps
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Can you really be on it for stress? Is this why there are disability lawyers everywhere? IIRC, depression/anxiety is often a sort of "enhancing" factor people use to get benefits Speed I know a woman that claims to be on SSDI for agoraphobia. She certainly is on SSDI, but I can only take her word for the reason. Her agoraphobia none the less does not prevent her from having a booth at a local flea market, and I suspect whatever income she gets from that is off the books. She goes to the flea market outside her home? She's getting better! Good for her! Speed Yes .. baby steps ...... baby steps You should see if she wants to go sailing with you and your family... Speed |
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I think Way to many are on it for BS reasons I am disabled and live in constant pain, and Hell yes that adds to my stress level But for some reason I still can work full time. (OK it's because I'm a greedy bastard who likes money) Other than the greed part this describes me. ETA Although sometimes when I get a chapped ass over supporting the FSA I consider getting a big enough disability check so I can quit working. |
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You can't always see what's wrong with people. There are a lot of folks that shouldn't be on it though.
I'm on it, for severe panic attacks and anxiety disorder. I fought them from when I was 13 until I was over 30. I worked since I was old enough to walk at my dad's store, and other places. I had them, still worked 12 to 16 hours a day. They got so bad in 1999 that I couldn't leave the house, and was in the hospital several times to get my heart rate down. After that I wound up being behind on child support , and going to jail over it, after my ex wife lied on the stand. I want to work. I miss it. I not only miss the money, I miss getting out and hanging with coworkers, and meeting people. I miss the sense of accomplishment. I can't do something steady, since I never know when they're going to happen. Mine aren't caused my emotional stress or anything that triggers them, they just happen, for no reason, a chemical seizure is what the doctors have told me. Nothing I can do to control them at all. Take for instance yesterday. I have to have someone ride with me out of town just in case I get so bad I can't drive. I went to the doctor, had an appointment at 9am. Felt fine. We went and picked up a couple of parts from Autozone for his truck. He's an older guy , Vietnam vet, and doesn't have a computer, or a debit card, and won't get either one. So I paid for his parts and he was going to pay me back. Anyway, nice little pretty girl in there working, so I chatted her up, had her look up a radiator cap for a 1963 Volkswagon Beetle, and a muffler bearing for a 88 RX-7. Then, got her to look for blinker fluid. Fun times. We left and went and got something to eat for him, myself , and my son. We left there, and came back to town. On the way back I started feeling weak, and sick. Still, I needed to get to the bank to deposit the money in my account. I had driven 25 miles, and was less than two miles from the bank, when the panic attack finally hit me really hard. I tried to push on but couldn't. I had to turn around, and haul ass. I had to call my son and have him meet me at the door, and I dropped the guy off. He lives about two miles from me. I got home, came in and laid on the couch. I couldn't eat my lunch for 30 minutes. I couldn't breathe right, I was shaking, I spilled my tea all over me I was shaking so bad. After I finally got a little better, I ate, then I laid down and went to sleep for a couple of hours. Several a couple of hours later I was fine but a little weak. Had a girl come over for a bit, and we sat outside. I went in, fixed supper, and ate. Then a bit later, I got hit with another one. It last for an hour. It wasn't as bad as the first one, but still I was shaking and my heart rate was up, along with the other symptoms. I fell asleep finally, and slept all night. So far I've been a little weak today, but not too much of anything else. I wouldn't be on it unless I had to, but there is no boss in the world that will allow me to leave at unscheduled times, or go lay down somewhere, and have multiple days that I can't show up when really bad one come around. I had a good boss once that worked with me, but that was just before they started getting so severe and frequent. With 20 years of documentation for treatment, multiple doctors letters and recommendations , hospitalizations, dozens of letters from friends, family, and coworkers, documentation showing that my biological father and grandfather suffered from it, and all evidence in my favor, it took me two tries, and two years to get on it. It wiped out all of my savings. Forced me to sell everything that wasn't tied down, and used up all of my insurance. Meanwhile. My neighbor is on it, never worked a day in his life that wasn't under the table. He hurt his back riding a four wheeler, and claimed he was working. He had a family member lie for him saying he hurt it there working for them. There is nothing wrong with him, except he's a drunk, a druggie, in and out of jail and prison constantly, with his longest time out of the joint being about three months. He fights all the time, walks the streets, and parties when he isn't busy selling drugs or beating his girlfriend. He got it the first try. It took him about three months. I have another neighbor that says she needs to be on it because she can't hold a job, because she can't get along with anybody. I told her to keep working and shut her damn dick sucker. She has no business on it. You see all of these people doing all the same things they were doing before. Meanwhile. I'm not able to play gigs or have a band anymore. I'm not able to play tennis, or golf, or go back in the woods to hunt , or run track, or build and drive race cars etc. None of the things I used to enjoy. I'm stuck inside most of the time. Some people need it. I'm trying to get into something where I can make my own hours and work around my health problems, like selling used cars from my yard. My problem is start up money, and then working around the rules so they don't yank this out from under me before I can get my income up to equal what I get so that I can come off of it. Trust me, I'm thankful to have it, but it isn't much. |