Filing for disability for fibromyalgia and bipolar

Is anyone on disability for fibromyalgia?? And can you qualify for disability if your bipolar ?? Also I have primary custody of my son. Does disability put me in a bad spot legally In a place where my ex can fight me for my son ?

I am 100% permanent and total for my bipolar condition. I had my first mania on active duty and discharged medically so it was determined service connected then

I am. Ten years ago I had to leave my beloved job due to severe Fibromyalgia. I was almost bedridden for years. At that point the Bipolar was in remission so when I applied for disability it was based on Fibromyalgia instead of Bipolar. If I got reviewed now the Bipolar would be the main reason for my inability to work much, if at all. However, I live in Australia so the rules will be different for you. It has been 10 years since I was put on disability and I have had no formal review. All they would have to do is look at my government held medical records which would show I have been hospitalised for Bipolar around 30 times in the last 10 years. This is probably why they don't bother me with regular reviews. They can see I am a mess just on basic records. It would be a waste of money and time reviewing me.

I have no children so would have no idea as to how, or if, it would effect custody. My guess is that it would have to be proven you are a danger to your children, which I am sure you are not. Can you call the disability office confidentially and ask them?

I filed under Fibro and Bipolar... of course denied , I hired a lawyer so I appealed and again denied so I had to go to a hearing.

My state was so back logged by the time I sat in front of a judge it was 3.5 years.. she told me I should have never been denied, but at least I got all my back pay from the day I filed I was able to pay off my car.

As for it effecting children I have no idea. I would consult with a lawyer about that.

Fibromyalgia was added as a approved diagnosis to file for disability but Bipolar carries more weight. Does your Pdoc and GP feel you should apply ?? It’s virtually impossible to get disability unless your providers agree.

Good luck

Yes! It is possible to win your disability case for Fibro and/or for BP, not to mention if they are combined.

As for custody issues, please do consult an attorney.
It is possible for you to have custody issues if you do/do not have a disability claim approved.
Of course there may be difficulties without being labelled "disabled."
Many of the disabled. have their children,

Welcome

Thanks everyone for your input does anyone know where I go to file for disability? Is it online ?!

It can be done online or you can pick up the paperwork from the social security office.

I chose to do it by hand and then make copies and dropped it off at the social security office.

I don't know about disability, but when we tried to get Medicaid for my grandma (who had dementia and bipolar), the people in the office kept losing things or kept saying that we never sent them anything. We had physical copies, though, as proof, and we had to use the copies to tell them, "no, we already handed this to you, IN PERSON. Here's the proof, and we have the dates we dropped them off at."

Maybe I'm just negative, but I don't trust most government employees with critical matters like this. They conveniently "lose" things or misplace things.

Online could work if you get an email receipt, but be forewarned... (1.) there is no guarantee they will check online applications in a timely manner, and (2.) they could come up with some BS excuse like, "well, we never got anything online. Looks like it's your computer's fault," or they'll be lazy and say, "the paperwork needs to be processed by someone. We don't do it. We have someone else do it. Call 123-4567." Then when you call the number, you're stuck on hold for like 2 hours (literally) because everyone else is calling at the same time.

I got lucky and didn’t have any trouble with them losing anything, I did call a week after I dropped it off to make sure it was being processed.

Both my GP and Pdoc filed there records and summaries as soon as they got the request from SSA.

I live in a small town I think the longest I have ever waited to see someone was maybe 20 mins.

Do your providers feel you should apply ??

I'm on disability for bipolar and arthritis (not fibro). I think the BP weighs more heavily in favor of my receiving benefits, because not only do I have mood fluctuations, I have moderate cognitive issues that make it very difficult for me to learn and retain new information. I also have terrible problems with short-term memory and word-finding, and I'm way too easily distracted. So even if I could physically work at a sit-down job with computers, I can't because of all the crap that goes on (or doesn't) in my brain. It only took six months for me to get benefits.

I also have ssdi for Bipolar and got it in 4 months . Maybe because it was so severe and I also went to 100% for bipolar through the military at the same time .I was 30% disabled by the military for 25 years already when I got the increase and ssdi

Alright thanks everyone for their input and suggestions