I wish that I could go for 6 years without being reviewed. I have terrible anxiety on top of bipolar disorder and I know about (within a month) of when mine is arriving. About 6 months before that I fall into a deep depression/funk just worrying about if they're going to cut me off, what would happen if I lose my access to meds, worrying about if I could go back to work in that state of mind (probably not), and then I start thinking about what a terrible burden I would be on other people. I doubt that anyone would hire me, for starters, because I haven't worked anywhere in 10 years, and the "rule" in this new economy seems to be if you tell them you haven't worked anywhere for more than six months, they throw your job application in the trash. So, it really is a lot of panicking every time and then they just continue it. I've gotten the full review once and I wasn't sleeping well for weeks after I sent it in.

I've heard other people making similar comments, so I'm not alone. I'm only 32, so I'm going to have to deal with as many as 11 more of these, assuming I live long enough to reach "full retirement", so I might as well get used to it.