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I think I remember my psychiatrist saying he exaggerated on my report to get me on disability. It's not clear whether this is a standard exaggeration that everyone does, like on a resume, or whether he went too far. I feel like maybe he just thought I'm kind of a deadbeat that's not going to get any better, and the only way I was going to move out of home was if I was on disability, which grants enough money per week to live alone in a rental property. My dx that I'm aware of are general anxiety, social anxiety, depression, I'm also a hypochondriac. My mental health does make it hard for me to commit to anything, because the anxiety can come out of nowhere and make it tough to do anything other than lie in bed. Nevertheless I wonder what my psychiatrists motivations were. Does anybody else have similar feelings? |
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I think it’s pretty common. My Pdoc said something similar. He said I am for sure still disabled and he will make sure I still get my benefits. But also my T had to do paperwork too and so did my mom and I. So it wasn’t just him. But yeah something similar happened to me.
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Hmm. Well, I don't have any experience with applying for disability. I will say that it sounds like I have the same problem with lying in bed due to anxiety, but nobody has ever suggested I go on disability. I do wonder if that will be helpful. I totally understand that anxiety can be so debilitating, that it could require disability. But since you don't seem sure you should be on disability yourself, I wonder if it could actually be detrimental to you because you will have less motivation to address the anxiety.
Also, disability is really hard to get on, so maybe you won't even get accepted. If you do, I don't think it's much to live on. As for your psychiatrist's motivations, I'm not really sure what you're getting at. He doesn't get paid for putting anyone on disability. Putting you on disability doesn't benefit him - it's just extra work. __________________ Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. -David Gerrold |
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Most Doctors will write /fill out report based on when your at your worst. Because sure on good days you probably could function well enough but I’m guessing the bad days are within guidelines pdocs follow.
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yeah I have heard too that things need to be completed based on your worst day. Yes you "can" do something but it doesnt mean you should. I doubt he said things that weren't true.
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My psychiatrist takes a completely different approach. He's a firm believer in patients working. He says the benefits of employment are well known and disability itself is debilitating, sending the message you are "too sick" to do anything is a self-fulfilling prophesy. I'm retired now and I write for a living. The day I reentered the professional workforce many years ago was a therapeutic breakthrough. He was almost as excited as I was.
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I just wanted to let the OP know that my Pdoc wrote me up worse to get me on disability as well. It was during an inpatient stay. Here, almost everyone gets denied disability on your first application so to be ensured to get it, you need to be pretty bad off.
That said, I firmly believe work is a healing and stabilizing factor in recovery. I’ve gone back to part time work with the intent to go off disability altogether in the future. Not having a purpose really can keep you down. |
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