I just got denied disability befenfits

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I hope u appeal. You will get it backdated if you win your appeal

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Itā€™s really scandalous . Iā€™m fighting the urge to get really political over this.

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A tiny bit political is fine, as it is directly related to mental health. Just try to avoid arguments.

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Letā€™s just say I donā€™t like the way a certain UK party has scapegoated the disabled and poor for the 2008 recession with itā€™s austerity policies.

The stress caused by this to people with severe mental illness is not conducive to good mental health .

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Appeal and get a lawyer. I got disability (SSDI) the first time within two months of applying, but in addition to recurrent schizophrenia, 6 hospitalizations, 4 suicide attempts, I was also declaired ā€œgravely disabledā€ which in the United States pretty much guarantees disability.

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How do you get a disability lawyer?

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Check the phone book and start calling likely law offices. In the yellow pages it lists most of the lawyerā€™s specialties.

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Here in Australia on the disability support pension the word ā€œgrantedā€ disappeared. In case I come of my disability pension I go on unemployment benefits. The government force unemployed people to work for the benefits.
Wish i could buy a maschine earning money for me.

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I got so stressed over the benefits situation I was seriously entertaining the thought that some mental health workers were actually government agents .

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I think if you have support from secondary mental health services its much easier to be awarded disability benefits. Iā€™ve never had any trouble claiming ESA or PIP. Its always gone smoothly and Iā€™ve only been called to a medical once, all the rest where paper based. I have chronic schizoaffective disorder and live in supported housing. The two people I live with who have Aspergers and mild learning disabilities who are quite independent were also successful in their PIP claims too, all because they live in supported housing too.

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I think it also depends on the quality of supporting evidence a psychiatrist ,or other health professional, provides .
That varies widely .

The supporting evidence Iā€™ve had hasnā€™t been much beyond I have x diagnosis and itā€™s likely to be lifelong .

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