Have you received SSI for anxiety the last few years, but you no longer see a re!


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Have you received SSI for anxiety the last few years, but you no longer see a regular doctor? Just recertify?

If someone only qualifies for government mental health care, but has not found improvement from the local office they've attended the last few years, but is unable to travel to other doctors, and no longer takes medication because of the side effects, is it required that they continue to see a doctor, or can they only recertify with social security every few years seeing one of their doctors? Or is it required that a doctor be seen regularly, even if they are not helping the client?

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1 week ago
So this means even if current doctors agree I'm still disabled, and meeting with them is not helping me, so we just sit there with nothing to talk about year after year, without my taking meds, I'm required to still see the doctors to avoid losing benefits?

1 week ago
Bob my message clearly states I have not had improvement in years, can barely travel in for treatment, and I asked if meeting with social security's doctor's would be sufficient, because I'm positive they'll find I'm still disabled, as the current doctors have found. Enough information was provided. However, you seemed anxious to imply something negative.

I'm not exactly sure why you think someone would jump through hoops for a few hundred dollars a month, which is all I receive, which barely meets my living expenses. I'd much prefer to work for my own money.

1 week ago
Also, considering the HELL I'm living, and STRUGGLE I'm going through to find help, I'm highly INSULTED that you took the time to insinuate something along those lines. There is always somene who must seize the opportunity to insinuate the negative, or accuse.


Answers:

If you need to recertify and you are not currently receiving treatment you will need to be evaluated by one of the social security docs in order to establish that there continues to be a disability. If you were in treatment, they would merely request the records to provide the necessary documentation and you would not usually need to undergo an eval with one of their docs. You do not necessarily need to be in treatment in order to receive disability, but your own doc can often provide more info and background than what the SSD doc can get in a snapshot interview.




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