I received a letter in the mail saying they needed more information for SSDI.
So after several attempts of calling, I finally got in contact with the woman who I was suppose to speak with.
She then politely said to me, what I wanted to say to you was that people in "your situation" tend to suffer from depression and we feel it would benefit you to be seeing someone.
I eplained to her that I was "seeing someone" and that I had been for sometime now.
She got very excited and said "oh, that will help you out tremendously in getting approved for SSDI"
I thought to myself, what a joke. You cant approve me because of the constant pain, but if I have depression, I am good to go????
Anyway, I explained to her the frustration of knowing that it was going to be a battle to get SSDI and that I know that usually people get denied.
You know what she said to me????
She had the nerve to say to me "well, we usually err on the side of caution and approve people the first time"
I politely said tahnk you and hung up the phone and then burst out laughing.
I am not sure who she thinks she is fooling.
I just had to share...I know many of you have gone through nightmares with SSDI and are still fighting.
Becky
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bettyg
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becky, who is she trying to impress, and who like me who went thru SSDI HELL for 5 years would believe that!
BTW, today SSA SSDI said they plan on having MORE VIDEO TAPED HEARINGS VS. ALL BE IN SAME ROOM ONES! trying to make it more efficient!
but what she said will be in YOUR FAVOR SINCE DEPRESSION IS ONE OF THE APPROVED ADULT IMPAIRMENTS ON THEIR LIST!! good luck.
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Amazing when you know that if it was depression, you get go to work and probably function...
But it is hard to function when your body is not working and you have constant pain...
And to boot...do ya think I would have this depression if it wasnt for the fact that I cant work!!!!!!
These people are idiots. I guess I just have to play their game. It is just so frustrating.
Becky
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Michelle M
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Thanks for the laugh, Becky.
(not at YOUR expense -- HERS!)
What a JOKE!!
Michelle
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You get on however you get on--if someone diagnoses you with incapaciting depression take it. The idea is to get on SSDI to stay alive, to not have to work yourself to to a bedbound state or worse. Lyme does get worse. Get the neuropsych tests, they invariably reveal serious objective problems. There is a SSDI category called Organic Brain Syndrome. It means we are not sure why, but according to the objective tests, your brain doesn't work right anymore-unfortunately. Pain and fatigue, no matter how debilitating, are subjective syndromes, the problem for Soc Sec being that people can lie about them.
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Greatcod said:
quote: Get the neuropsych tests, they invariably reveal serious objective problems.
I agree! That is how my SSDI was approved in 5 minutes with the judge. He told me on the spot he was approving me.
I used a well-known SSDI attorney in our area and the first thing he had me do was go for neuropsych testing.
The more reasons you have that can get you approved the better, in my opinion.
I've been told by my son's therapist that he could easily get approved due to his multiple hospitalizations for Bipolar Disorder, but she and I both think he is better off working.
He has so much to offer when he is on his meds. He needs to have the hope of being able to have a future, and his illness is different from my Lyme.
Working regularly is still not in the cards for me. It may never be before I hit 66. I keep dabbling in a business, though in hopes it will actually pay off for me in the near future.
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