Can you recieve Social Security Disability for having bipolar disorder?!


Question:

Can you recieve Social Security Disability for having bipolar disorder?

I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder back in October of 2002. I was denied employment once based on my psychiatric history back in December of 2006. Is there anyway I could receive some sort of disability from Social Security? IF so how do I go about attaining it.


Answers:

The people who said you can't get Social Security Disability for Bipolar DIsorder are totally wrong.

I work for a state mental health agency and I have personally helped two of my friends get disability (both of them have Bipolar Disorder).

Go ahead and go to the web site that somebody else gave and ask them to send you the forms. You will need to get copies of medical records from the doctor who diagnosed this condition and have them sent to Social Security.

It might help if you can get somebody to write a letter for you that gives convincing reasons why you can't work--if you can get your doctor to do that, it would be really good.

Sometimes it's not easy, and you might be turned down, but I have seen where people who were turned down keep trying and finally get disability benefits.

If you can prove you were denied employed because of your psychiatric diagnosis, try looking up Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on the internet and somebody there should be able to help you.




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