Anxiety and disability

[byutifuldsastr]

Have had anxiety since 1999. Although I have been able to have a job off and on over the years, it has now been 2 years since I have been able to work and I filed disability and they denied it. I am now in the appeal process and I am seeing a psychiatrist and a counselor that is part of the county and they are unable to sign disability or lawyer paperwork. So I'm stuck. Is anyone on permanent disability because of their anxiety?

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What country are you in BD?

[MiST]

Here in Blighty you would get laughed out the door if you applied for DLA stating anxiety as a reason. Getting finacial help from our goverment is like trying to get blood from a stone, unless of course your foreign in which case your given every benefit going, free house..etc..heck bring your whole family over we will sort them out too..

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For sure MIST. You get laughed out of the door here too if you have a leg hanging off and a broken neck :(

[MiST]

I got refused incapacity benefit when i had my cancer..LOL..apparently i wasn't sick enough..:D

Go figure..

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Jeez!

I like how they say fit for work. Technically Stephen Hawking is 'fit for work', he has a job... Fit for work doesn't mean work is gonna be good for you, or mean that you can even find a job at all, or one that will be suitable for you without making you feel worse.

System is so dumb.