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Originally Posted by Shellback
Severe depression, anxiety and panic disorder made it impossible for me to hold down a job. I have had several work attempts since my last steady job and I ended up having to leave each of those jobs because of the above mentioned conditions. I had enough work credits to quailfy for SSDI but was turned down for SSI due to my wife's income.
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According to the SSA website:
"Benefits usually continue until you are able to work again on a regular basis."
So whatever it is that is keeping you from working--depression, anxiety, and panic--needs to be treated. So if they evaluate your case in a few years and you are off all medications for those conditions and not seeing a doctor regularly, they will think that you are "better" or have it under control, and will stop your SSDI benefits. So, while you can switch medications and go off some, you should remain on some medications for those specific conditions OR be getting some sort of therapy/doctor's care.
There is a recent post by someone who has a mental disorder (bipolar, I believe) and they haven't seen a doctor lately and are not taking medicine for their condition, and it was decided that they no longer needed benefits. So, if you need them and you are unable to work, you must continue treatment, whether that is therapy, medications, or something else.
If you stop treatment or start working full time, they will take your benefits away. The recent poster I was talking about was not getting doctor's care or taking medicine, and was only working part time, and still had them taken away. The minute you prove to them that you are capable of working or functioning "normally", they will remove your benefits.
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