When does bipolar disorder get so bad it becomes a disability?

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Answer 1

You don't have to be a danger to anyone. It has to impair your ability to work, and you have to require the assistance of another person and/or assistive devices.

Bipolar people qualify for disability assistance if there is documentation that the disorder impairs their ability to perform basic tasks. For example, if periods of depression make it impossible to get to a job on time every day, that is a disability. If emotional outbursts lead to repeated dismissal from jobs or a fear of interacting with others, that is a disability. If the side effects of certain medications lead to illness or undesireable behavior, that is a disability.

The general guideline is this: If this person did not have this condition, would he/she be able to function in the same way as other people who are consistently employed?

Answer 2

I agree with Diedre; I feel that anyone truly diagnosed with Bi-Polar Disorder is disabled to some degree. The problem is you can be functioning well in a great career for a year and then get a little too excited over something and slowly progress from excited to hypomaniic, to completely manic and unable to function at work. Then once medication is stable you can be fine for a while and then go into a depression and become suicidal! It is really hard to keep a balanced life. Bi-Polar Disorder is one of the most debilitating mental illnesses, second only to schizophrenia. My father (and both his parents); myself and all three of my siblings; and two out of three of my children are Bipolar. I have been on State Disability for six months and just got my letter of denied benefits from Social Security because I'm "under the care of a physician and am being treated sucessfully and will recover within 12 months." I am truly disabled at this time and plan on appealing their decision.

Answer 3

i myself have bipolar disorder and mine started getting bad when i started to see ****. Yeah I know thats imbarresing and i dont really like talking about it but bipolar is a serious illness and it is very hard to deal with but their are plenty of symptoms and any type of bipolar if thats what your diagnose is then it is considered a disability either way if they actually diagnose you as that.

Answer 4

When it begins to disrupt your normal life. When you become out of control financially, sexually or socially. It can lead to suicide. I have a daughter who is bi-polar, and she finally had to get a new medication when all she wanted to do was die and just laid in bed when she wasn't angry at the world, then she would be excited about something, the next minute angry at someone.

Answer 5

Probably when it becomes so bad that you can't hold down a job and have trouble just getting through everyday life.

Answer 6

I dont know, I will have to get back with you on this one as soon as the little green truck gets here with the nice the long sleeve jacket that locks, and they release my family from the basement

Answer 7

When it clearly affects your activities of daily living. When you can't complete simple tasks like personal hygeine or cooking and cleaning. You need to be able to take of yourself.

Answer 8

When a physical or mental impairment substantially limits one or more major life activity.

Answer 9

When you can't work, become a danger to yourself and all around you. That's what I would say.

Answer 10

id say after you charge into ur work with a machine gun it might be time to call social security. good luck,, thats how they act bout it anyway.