I am in Canada, not US.
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That sucks. If you’re unable to work and they think you do.
My disability was temporarily approved until end 2023. They think I might be able to work in the long term. Right now it’s optional to work and I’m going to try in September but I don’t have to.
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Yea I definitively can’t work now on Risperidone. The only times I was able to work although short term was when I was on Latuda or Abilify. My life quality sucked on these meds though.
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I think if I wait a few years or maybe until next year they will see that I didn’t work for a long time and will then let me go on disability.
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I think it also helps to have had multiple hospitalizations. A report from your pdoc mentioning that with the diagnosis ‘schizophrenia’.
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maybe, but I never had any hospitalizations at the time of diagnosis.
got approved right away. no lawyer needed.
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I didn’t work for a year when I applied. I got it 3 months after I applied. I’m in the US. But I had both mental and physical illness.
I can’t remember things and I have a hard time thinking through things, and I’m told that with high dose meds I’m still psychotic.
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Idk, you don’t seem fully psychotic here. Its up to your dr.
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That’s what I’m told too. That I have residuals. Will have to learn to live with them and be able to work.
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they’re breakthrough something, right?
I don’t get much at all on meds.
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It’s similar. I permanently hear voices even on the max dose of Invega. But it’s not all the time and it doesn’t distress/distract me too much.
Under stress I get mild delusions like believing my voices are real and telepathy. But nothing too strange.
I hope that answers your question.
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I’m not sure that it’s a good idea to talk her out of the conclusion that she has come to about her beliefs on certain things. Her current insight into her condition is a good thing IMO. Her previous beliefs that they were real was much less healthy, IMO. I will agree that she has some insight and is generally very stable and reliable on issues outside those beliefs though.
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My dr didn’t say it was residual. She said I’m still experiencing psychosis.
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Sorry to talk about you like you were not here @LilyoftheValley . I did not realize that you were on. I agree, go with what your doctor says.
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I have to hide my camera on my phone when I work out so the men don’t watch me and comment on my workouts. I don’t leave the house alone because I need witnesses and protection to keep me safe. I have cameras in my house they watch me from, etc. that’s why my dr says I’m still experiencing psychosis.
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@Aziz you can’t tell strangers on the internet whether they have psychosis or not
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He edited his comment.
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I didn’t know it was your Dr who said that. Sorry.
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It’s ok @Aziz . No harm done. I’m not upset at all.
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I think your faith in your doctors is great and rare during psychosis @LilyoftheValley . I would not have believed a thing my doctors said about my condition while still in psychosis, and I think it’s a good thing and will hopefully help you in the long term.
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