RE: ..and I Pushed Myself Too Hard. [Health Update]
Just so that you're aware of this, technically, it takes 6 months to get SSI disability. You do have to have a medical paper trail that the social security people can look at to decide if you qualify for disability. It usually ends up taking a bit longer than 6 months to get it, but if they give it to you the first time you apply, you'll get back pay for the extra months past 6 months that it took to get approved. It took 8 months for Social Security to approve my application, so I got 2 months back pay as well as the regular amount on my first check from SSI.
Once you get your diagnosis, you should apply on line for disability. If you give then access to your medical records, it takes less time and makes it easy for them to make a decision. When you apply, make sure you also put your depression issues on the application, it can help with the approval.
I have clinical depression and anxiety as well as a damaged back, and I applied based on all of that.
I will DEFINITELY put the depression and even though I havent been diagnosed I was baker acted in FL for cutting and in the ER for a week here for a suicide attempt. So, that is pretty evidently an issue. I need to get papers for all that and have no idea where to start though.
I do feel confident that eventually I will qualify though. I just have no idea how to get by in the mean time.
and yes, my plan was to get diagnosed and then apply. I also have a friend who used a lawyer. He took like 255 of her back pay but got her SSi and helped her with the process. I was considering calling him.
The hospital should be able to provide you with a copy of the medical records for your ER stay. You might have to go there in person to get them, which I realize would be a problem for you.
A bigger problem than you realize. I can try on my roommates day off if he agrees but getting there myself is pretty impossible right now. :(
Yeah I don't know anybody you has actually gotten SSi in six months personally so I doubt I will and I know about the back pay but that doesn't really matter right now as I am totally incapable of paying bills and eating. XD
I do have severe depression, anxiety, and PTSD but never had money or doctors in FL so I still have to see doctors to get diagnosed for that and I can only handle the appointments for my bladder at the moment. I can barely leave my home and pee like 60 times a day and can hardly afford to miss days of "working" on mturk just to get to all the appts I have for my bladder. So, it'll probably be at least a year for me and I don't know how I will make it.
Yes, the "right now" is the hardest part. Perhaps you could get some food assistance and help with the primary bills like rent. There should be state programs for that kind of help, but I don't know what's involved with getting that kind of assistance where you're living.