re: Mental health support.

So ive been on Zoloft for a month now and i can tell the difference i feel amazing compared to before. The only complaint i have is i feel very spacey and very forgetful lol. I feel like my mind is constantly moving like do this do that etc but i forget everything...hmm wonder if thats a side effect?

I'm just curious if anyone has ever applied for SS disability benefits due to their mental illness?

I applied, then got pissed off and quit but the disability advocate called me today, listened to my situation and wants me to go through with the application. She seems to think I have a chance.

Although I did read that like 85% of cases for bipolar disorder are denied on the first try. I want to work, but the more I am thrown in to situations, the more I realize I am not ready or capable of handling what having a job entails right now.

Quoting kelli.jo:“ I'm just curious if anyone has ever applied for SS disability benefits due to their mental illness? ... [snip!] ... I am thrown in to situations, the more I realize I am not ready or capable of handling what having a job entails right now.”

Does your doctor agree that you're incapable of not working?

Quoting Damian & Marlee:“ Does your doctor agree that you're incapable of not working?”

Yes.
I asked her when she put me on lithium when I would feel good enough to work and she said that working should be the furthest thing from my concerns right now.

The SS disability nonsense takes forever though. I mean, I am living with family right now so the kids and I are taken care of.

For some reason I keep having these feelings of shame every now and again for applying.

Quoting kelli.jo:“ Yes. I asked her when she put me on lithium when I would feel good enough to work and she said that ... [snip!] ... so the kids and I are taken care of. For some reason I keep having these feelings of shame every now and again for applying.”

Were you ever hospitalized?

When I was in the hospital I was assigned a case worker who helped me with an out patient program, disability, etc... I think you have to go through the appropriate process before being labled mentally disable...

I'm sorry you're going through this...

Take your meds get your mind in order then start threapy (with a good threapist).....

Quoting Damian & Marlee:“ Were you ever hospitalized? When I was in the hospital I was assigned a case worker who helped ... [snip!] ... you're going through this... Take your meds get your mind in order then start threapy (with a good threapist)..... ”

Yeah I was hospitalized shortly after I lost my job last year. I am taking my meds everyday even though they make me feel like crap.  

I guess my mental health took a back seat for a while because I wasn't working. So it wasn't a priority (to some, like my SO) for me to be treated. He's since left me so it's all coming out now.  

Quoting kelli.jo:“ Yeah I was hospitalized shortly after I lost my job last year. I am taking my meds everyday even though ... [snip!] ... working. So it wasn't a priority (to some, like my SO) for me to be treated. He's since left me so it's all coming out now.  ”

Can you go to an out patient program?

Is your family able to help you? When I went my son was 7 he stayed with my parents (i was gone for 10 days) then I went to out patient (which was from 9am-3pm)...

Support is key, it really is....

Do you feel like your medicine is helping?

Quoting Damian & Marlee:“ Can you go to an out patient program? Is your family able to help you? When I went my son was ... [snip!] ... to out patient (which was from 9am-3pm)... Support is key, it really is.... Do you feel like your medicine is helping?”

I have emotional support but I lack the support to leave them for days like that. Or else I would.

When I am at home for the most part I am ok. (Besides a little insomnia) It's when I try to go anywhere. I seriously grit my teeth in the car from the time I put it in drive until I get to my destination. On top of the overwhelming irritability of having to deal with people when I'm in public. I feel so lost when I leave the house.

I never thought I would be this way.

Quoting kelli.jo:“ I have emotional support but I lack the support to leave them for days like that. Or else I would. ... [snip!] ... of having to deal with people when I'm in public. I feel so lost when I leave the house. I never thought I would be this way.”

I remember going from my house to work the whole time my head was in la-la land I don't even remember the ride... I've always dis associated myself when I felt paranoid, even with friends they would try and talk with me and my head be some where else...

I'm not good in public but when I'm with my kids I'm fine, I feel like I have control...

I would look into out-patient treatment it could help you get disability....

Im on 25 mg of Zoloft and im feeling way better than before but i wonder if i should up it to 50mg...Im starting to feel a little anxious again hmm

Also anyone on it had problems with having orgasms?

I am so a sheep in this club... thank you!

Quoting AliG:“ Im on 25 mg of Zoloft and im feeling way better than before but i wonder if i should up it to 50mg...Im ... [snip!] ... i should up it to 50mg...Im starting to feel a little anxious again hmm Also anyone on it had problems with having orgasms?”

   

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Lol it sucks huh!

Quoting AliG:“ Im on 25 mg of Zoloft and im feeling way better than before but i wonder if i should up it to 50mg...Im ... [snip!] ... i should up it to 50mg...Im starting to feel a little anxious again hmm Also anyone on it had problems with having orgasms?”

me.. UGH its so annoying.
im on cymbalta though but i htink its a side effect of many antidepressants.

Quoting AliG:“ Lol it sucks huh!”

It feels good, but I can never get a full O.