May have to go back on disability

My doctor and counselor told me it would be better, my wife thought I never should have tried to work full time and she is right,

When my mom told me I should go back on disability, I guess…

The doctor thinks my job at the hotel is part of the problem because the spirits are here, and it’s a hotel so there are eyes everywhere…

It’s a step backward to me, our daughter told me sometimes we have setbacks but not to let that keep me from having a great comeback

The doctor took me off seroquel and started me on risperdal and she said she wants to change that to geodon once things get stable

My wife and I go to the social security office tomorrow…bummer, I wanted to be free from the system, guess it was too overwhelming

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goodluck ,.,1.2,2121

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I’m on Social Security. I think of it as a life scholarship from my brain. (Thanks Brain!)

When I get ready to be employed (after graduating), I will go through Vocational Rehabilitation. That way the boss at the job I have will know that I need to take it easy.

Get a lawyer to help you out. After a while you might even find a decent and calm part time job.

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Thanx @crsaen

@metime thank you also. I was on disability from 1994 to 2012 or 2013, can’t remember.

My counsellor from the last state told me social security would stop if I made too much, I thought that was true, but they kept it going even after we moved to a different state andI got a full time job and filled paperwork requesting them to stop disability. Now I owe the government a lot of money, i am a moron

The lady at social security said they would fast track it if I told them I could no longer work full time but I would still have to make payments on what I owe

This is an additional stress that I cannot dwell on because it makes me want to find some black market uranium…

I am also in a similar situation. I am having my SS withheld due to a couple of months of not paying for some bills with a check. I paid cash. Also, I haven’t been paying for garbage disposal, because my mom has been using a friend’s dumpster. I will have to meet with my SS person to give them that news. I will probably owe them money too.

I’m sorry about your situation. Take care!

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Thanx @metime, hope things work out for you as well.

Thought working full time wouldn’t be a problem and last year went okay, but this year has been a bad one so far for me

It would actually be a relief to go back on disability even with having to make payments on what is said to be overpaid.

Working full time is a big chanllege for us. And it is also our goal.

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It is no longer an option for me

Hi Peace18, I’m sorry your job didn’t work out. Hey we all have setbacks at one time or another. Maybe you got a little too ambitious, but maybe you can get a part-time, low stress job later on down the road. Your daughter is right-on with her comment, she’s right.

I’ve been working since I was 17, I got diagnosed when I was 19. I didn’t work for three years after I got diagnosed. Heck, I’ve had more than twenty-five jobs in my life time and I’ve been fired a million times, I’ve had gaps of as much a year in my work history. I’ve gotten jobs and only lasted two or three weeks and I’ve gotten other jobs where I lasted 5 years.

I’m not discounting your disappointment. I know you feel bad about your job situation, But who knows? Maybe you can rest up for a awhile and try again. Maybe take it slower next time. Maybe take small steps next time to boost your confidence and ease into some simple job. My jobs have all been unskilled, entry level jobs. I’ve worked in Department Stores, restauurants, warehouses, sheltered workshops, vocational programs, and now I have been at my janitor job for five years.

Hey, I’m not ashamed of any of my jobs. Labor jobs are honorable, honest work and I’ve put a lot of effort into my jobs and I’ve been rewarded with self-satisfaction, pride at jobs we’ll done, and accolades from bosses and co-workers.

I’m not saying everyone should do the work I’ve done. Some people shot for the stars and that’s OK. I just plod along doing any job I can get and It’s worked for me.

Hey, you gave it your best shot, that’s all you can do. Rest up, lick your wounds and see what developes in the future. I tried getting off of SSDI too. I found that I couldn’t support myself so I got back on. That’s what it’s there for.
I don’t want to give you false hope but let me tell you a little story.

Back in the nineties I was getting both SSI and SSDI and I was working at the same time I was getting these. Well, then one day I get a letter from Social Security saying that over a period of five years, I shouldn’t have been getting those benefits.

The letter said I had been over-payed $15,000 and that I had to pay it back. I was stunned to say the least. But they also sent me a separate letter saying that if two conditions were true, then I would not have to pay them back. The first condition they told me was that if I could prove that the over-payment was not my fault or if I could prove that paying them back would cause me serious financial hardship then I would not have to pay them back.

I went to the Social Security office to meet a Social Security worker and I brought my step-dad. We talked with the worker and he asked us questions and reviewed my whole case. He had a stack of paperwork that he went through. It was looking grim and after about a half-hour he said it looked like I would have to pay back the entire $15,000.

But then he was thumbing through a stack of papers and he said, “Wait a minute”. He pulled out a blank form and he told us that another Social Security worker neglected to fill out the form and that because of that error of not filling out this form, that it was Social Securities fault that I got over-payed and thus I would not have to pay back anything. I don’t want to get your hopes up un-necessarily but there might be a chance that you don’t have to pay them back. If you think it’s not your fault for some reason that you got over-payed than you can file an appeal.

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Thank you so much for the encouragement @77nick77, I have always been inspired by you, and uplifted.

I have to pay $50 a month back so I figure I will be 92 when I am done and I don’t plan to live that long

It is tempting, though, to be impulsive and settle it quickly. In the social security office…

My doctor keeps asking me, what are your reasons to live? And she answers her question for me

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Did you try to appeal the decision?