Can You Get Disability For Bipolar ? Posted: 09-21-04 15:02pm
I'm 22 yrs of age, want to know will you
get social security for bipolar ? Is it a
long process to decide or what?
Thank for
replying to my topic
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melanie18058
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Ssi For Bipolar Disorders Posted: 09-22-04 21:11pm
My father is bipolar and he collects ssi
for his illness. I am not too sure how
long of a process they go thru to
determine what you will get but I know
that my dad does get it, so it is
something to look into if you feel that it
is something for you. Good luck, hope
this helped some.
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amean94ta
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Posted: 11-09-04 10:06am
Yes you can. It takes about 10 months
total to get it. You cant have a job you
can get welfare till you get approved on
the 7th month they set up a dr appt and 3
months later you get checks
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janj777
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Ssi Posted: 11-09-04 10:11am
I recieved ssi exactly 5 months from
applying . As long as you have all your
papers in order, addresses of clinics,
drs., etc they won't have to delay it by
asking you for more info.
My appt with the state psy. Was 3 months
after applying. This was in illinois tho.
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amean94ta
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Posted: 11-09-04 12:38pm
Yeah diffrent states I guess
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pitklanleader1
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How Do You Get Cash From Public Aid ? Posted: 11-20-04 16:25pm
I applied for ssdi at the very end of
september and I have bp. I have a 6 year
old child that I have to care for, but I
am unable to work.
A friend of mine has been receiving cash
from public aid ever since she applied for
ssdi 2 years ago and she is still fighting
for them to approve her case. My case
worker and her supervisor says that I am
not eligible for cash benifits. I live
in illinois and so does my friend. Does
anyone know what I can do to fight this or
at least find out why this is happening??
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janj777
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Posted: 11-20-04 18:54pm
Ssi & ssdi are based on income. If
your income is above thier cutoff and your
friends is lower that might be why you are
not eligble. Make your caseworker give
you a straight answer as to why in your
situation you are not eligible.. Hope
this helps a little bit.
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cass_0825
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Disability Benefits In Indiana Posted: 01-18-05 08:45am
I am 36 and I applied for ssdi in 12/2003
and was told I was approved in 12/2004.
It is now 1/18/05 and I am still waiting
for them to tell me how much I am getting
and when it will start, but I do have a
letter stating I have been approved. I
live in indiana. You can go online to http://www.Ssa.Gov/disability/ and actually apply for disability
online. I did this and I was able to
send everything in that they needed and
fill all the forms out online. I only
had to go out once and have a evaluation
visit and 3 months after that I was
declared disabled.
Cassandra
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CarolDiane
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Posted: 07-09-08 18:52pm
I live in Florida and have been waiting
over 2 years for SSD. I it now in the
hearing office and they say that here are
so many that have inroled that they are
only up to 2006. I applied in Jan 2005 but
the go by the day date you filed for your
court hearning. I filed that in November
of 1007 after being denied twice. It is a
long road when you are out of work. I have
so much wrong with me, I have letter from
all my specialist which cover mental
illness to back injury and they all say
there is nothing I can do as far as work
goes. My memory is failing me too. I have
several white matter leisons in my brain (
hardening of the arteries). My doctors
have covered all bases and therefore there
is nothing I can work at without overiding
my possible SSD future.
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lizz50
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Backup of cases Posted: 07-09-08 19:46pm
CarolDiane, I imagine you may have read
the articles on the government site. That
is terrible, the only promising thing I
could gather is that according to the
articles they say they expect to clean up
backlog by september 2008. It must be so
frustrating. Unfortunately from what I
can gather certain states have sped up the
process and of course FL is not one of
them. I do hope they hit the target date
of September for you and so many others
they have put on hold. Good Luck!! I am
recently diagnosed BP but recieved my
disability for post-polio. I was very
fortunate to be approved the first time,
my doctor didn't even hold much hope for
me to get approved!! I was also lucky that
it was five years ago and it took only 6
months to approve.
Lizz
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Jack57
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It is so sad to hear so many ill people Posted: 07-12-08 19:01pm
Hi,
It is sad to hear of so many people that
are ill from bipolar and other sickness as
well. I live in Australia and have been
recently diagnosed with bipolar 2. I
recieve a support pension of wich I'm very
grateful for although its not much. I'm
trying to get some compensation so I can
lve without too many financial hassles but
there is a lot of red tape that in itself
will give you bipolar if you dont already
have it. Anyway to all you lovely people
out there surviving the terrible illness
of bipolar and other illness all the best
and please try and keep your chin up, as
there is light at the end of the road.
jack 57
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madison ford
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Re: Can You Get Disability For Bipolar ? Posted: 07-14-08 13:40pm
carol005
wrote:
I'm 22 yrs of age, want to
know will you get social security for
bipolar ? Is it a long process to decide
or what?
Thank for
replying to my topic
There is a website for those wanting to
apply to Social Security for disability.
There is nothing that says you can't apply
if you're bipolar, manic depressive.
Basically, want you're trying to say is
you -- because of the illness -- are
unemployable.
