i got in a car accident 12/01/06 -- my head has'nt been right since -- i broke the steering wheel with my face. The dr's say the synopsis' in my brain are disconnected and i need concentration therapy to train them to reconnect. Therapys done nothing for me -- i fell crazy, i know i've become somone that i have never been like before and i don't like this person, i'm too mean sometimes. I can't concentrate on anything at all which is why i lost my job. So now i am afraid to get a new job but i need health insurance -- so i can talk to a head dr and try to get help for me -- can i be on disability for being insane until my work with a therapist is done? I don't think I can work again, i'm too depressed from losing my job -- i've had it since i was 18, it's been 5 years of nothing else. Thank You
2007-08-29 05:05:15 · 8 answers · asked by Bakes 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
NAMI - The National Alliance for Mental Illness has lots of information about your problem. They can help you on the income problems you have (disability), and they can help you with insurance problems. They can also refer you to a therapist in your area who can teach you how to think again. www.nami.org
2007-08-29 05:26:42 · answer #1 · answered by TX Mom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It sounds to me that you might be truly disabled. You would have been covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act if your illness did not interfere with your job, but it sounds like it did by your description. I really hope they can find the right treatments for you so you can get back to where you were before this all happened. Good luck.
2007-08-29 12:18:44 · answer #2 · answered by RIP_GOP 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get disability for psychiatric problems but you need a doctors approval and lots of paper work. Have you thought about checking into a psychiatric hospital for help? Not all psychiatric hospitals are only for "rubber room pt's" they treat a wide variety of problems and most of them you can check yourself into and they will help you get your medications regulated as well as lots of therapy and great classes to help you move on in your life. Good Luck!!!!
2007-08-29 12:18:09 · answer #3 · answered by Desa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GO to your community mental health organization, they can give you a complete check up & if they decide where you have a mental health issues they may be able to get you some assistance. You can also talk to your local Department of Human Services (FIA) & see what they can do for you.
2007-08-29 12:31:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can get a disability check for being mentally ill.
2007-08-29 12:14:18 · answer #5 · answered by ☆ღWifey Wifeyღ☆ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you covered under the vehicles insurance?
2007-08-29 12:22:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try getting a job at a mcdonalds and write EVERYTHING DOWN. or another job that does not require much thinking, and try to get surgery.
2007-08-29 12:16:25 · answer #7 · answered by Madeline C 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
wow.. im sorry to hear this.. but just wanted to say good luck and god bless..
2007-08-29 12:14:59 · answer #8 · answered by GIGI 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋