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Unhappy Sep 10, 2020 at 08:07 AM
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Hi, I'm new here. I am on disability. I first got sick in 2004. I refused to be on disability. I got sick again in 2006. Refused again. Then sick again in 2009. So I applied for ssdi and got it the first time i tried because of my hospitalizations and symptoms. I got on it in 2009. I tried to work part time but couldnt cut it. So finally I just get ssdi and dont work at all. It's a godsend for me. I still get symptoms and my Dr is playing around with my meds right now. I get stressed thinking about working. I've been fired basically for every single job I had.

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Sorry to hear it. I found meds that work for me. I appear normal minus restlessness. I'm on Ssd and work part time. Interviewing for full time. I do get fired, i have been promoted than cracked. Also approved first time requested ss because of symptoms. But meds really work for me thank God.

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I'm pretty lucky as the meds keep me just stable enough to be able to work.

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I am working 20 hours a week and have much stress. I have sza also. I have never been on disability but have been out of work for periods at a time. I want to be able to maintain working at 20 hours a week. It has not been easy though. I am doing ok but my job is not stable and pays by the hour. I like my job though. I wanted to receive SSDI but my shrink refused to help me get it. So, I decided to work and so far it is ok. I think I am ok but the stress is hard to deal with at times. I try to sleep on my breaks and whenever possible. I like being productive but don't like the stress. I am managing somehow. I like my job and get paid for it. It is not a great job but it pays the bills. I hope to increase my hours a little more to 25 hours a week but so far 20 hours has been a major chore for me. So, I will see if it is possible to increase or not my hours per week.
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I'm working right now and it's tough. I pulled a no call no show on Friday, I can guess why, I haven't worked in a month and I haven't been feeling well emotionally, but I don't truly know, because I made it Saturday. I don't always have energy. I work too fast sometimes and not fast enough other times. I did okay with a reliable schedule and easy work. The only trouble with that job was it was a work study job that doesn't exist outside academia. I'd have to continue to take harder and harder classes, until I got a master's degree to keep that one. Part of why I qualified for disability was how crappy I was doing at a work study job and now I seem to be struggling at a retail job, so that confirms it. I feel bad having them employ me, but I wanted to try one last time and I didn't have disability yet when I got the job. It really saved me, I wouldn't have an apartment or know wonderful people without them.

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