2007-07-17 14:54:15 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
Very likely, if it's severe enough to keep him from working, and most people with this disorder would have trouble holding a job.
To get disability, it helps if the person has worked and put some money into the system. If he hasn't, it can be quite a challenge to get disability.
2007-07-17 15:04:08 · answer #1 · answered by majnun99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. SSDI is for people who have worked enough quarters in their work career to qualify. SSI is for those who have not worked enough, or to supplement the SSDI if you don't have enough income from SSDI. Hope that makes sense.
If you have chronic symptoms and can't be reliable enough for work even when you really try, you will probably be eligible for disability.
Here is my standard disability blurb for you, hope it helps.
Get the book "Social Security Disability" from Nolo Press, at nolo.com, or see if you can get it at your library (maybe even through an interlibrary loan?) It will give you a lot of background on how to apply, what criteria are used, and how to fill out the forms. THIS IS MY NUMBER ONE TIP!! GET THIS BOOK!!
You have to be profoundly disabled to get disability, and if you are relatively young and educated, it will be harder. But if you really can't hold down a job, and you can document that, you should get it eventually. You will almost certainly be rejected the first time, and the process takes awhile, so somehow you have to manage your finances in the meantime.
Keep in mind that once you go on disability, you will never get off of it, no one does. You will be in poverty the rest of your life unless you marry out of it or a miracle cures you. The ways the rules are make you dependent on the system, so keep that in mind when you are deciding if you want to do this. A lot of people have no choice, because they can't work at all, or they can't keep a job with insurance to get their pills. but it's still humiliating in America to have no job-people always ask when you are being introduced,"Oh hello, what do YOU do for a living?" which ends up being a very nosy question without meaning to. If you can get supportive help from social services (in my state, they will pay for support groups and a social worker to visit and help with paperwork) or tweak your meds some more, or from a local consumer group (google the words consumer, mental, and your state. Consumer=person getting mental health services) then maybe you won't have to go on disability.
I'm on SSA myself, and need the Medicare, so I'm not being judgmental, I just want you to know what you're getting into. For me, there was no other way. I know a lot of people in the same boat. Get the book I recommended, it will give you all the legal and inside information to see if you qualify.
All the best to you! I hope you feel better soon!
2007-07-17 15:48:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do medical transcription for a psychologist who has a patient that was diagnosed with Schizoaffective Disorder. He qualified to receive Social Security benefits. However, this was in the state of California; I'm not sure what part of the country you live in.
2007-07-17 15:01:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-07-17 14:58:59 · answer #4 · answered by t_l_cushman 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most likely. Check with you're physician. And it would be SSI.
2007-07-17 14:56:34 · answer #5 · answered by Kate P. 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes u can be
2007-07-17 14:56:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋