SSDI's Ticket to Work Program is designed to allow you to try to get back to work, but still have SSDI coverage if you are unable to work.

I know that it can be difficult to express onself clearly when you've got so much on your mind.......you might even think about writing down the points that you want to make with your doctor. Statements like, "I'm possibly thinking of working under the amount that you can make but I don't want to work full time" might sound to some like you really do not want to work full time. If the truth is that you are afraid of going from zero to full time and petrified that that will overwhelm you, that's what you should say to your doctor.