Help with getting SSI disability benefits, I have a few question?

[Anonymous]

I'm 32, and I have been struggling with employment my entire adult life. I haven't had regular medical insurance since I was 22, so not only cannot I not afford the required testing to prove some of the conditions that I have, I can't afford the basic treatments.
I have a sleep disorder that was just classifed as a disability last year. In short, I can only get restful restorative sleep between the hours of 6am, and 11am, although I can sleep during other hours, but it does me no good. I was only at a new job for 32 days when they fired me from chronic illness. This was caused by compunded stress from slep debt. I don't have 2 thousand dollars for a sleep study to "prove" that I actually have this rare condition. I need a full-time position on 2nd shift.
I also have borderline peronality disorder, complicated by ADHD. I become overwhelmed with crippling stress in large groups of people and/or large job sites with many overlapping tasks. Right now I am still working some major issues in therapy, chief amoung them is my inablity to compartmentalize and separate casual work relationships from close friends. You have to be completely 100% okay with everything about me, or don't talk to me at all unless you absolutly have to, but I WILL get offended and take it peronally if you don't try to be friends with me when I HAVE to be around you. I know consciously that's "crazy" unhealthy thinking, and I'm really tring to work on in therapy, but right now, I can't not be best firends attached at the hip with all co-workers. So I guess I'm just wondering about my chances for getting disability. Any advice of tips? I honeslty don't want disability, I'd rather work, but I've been sick for 2 weeks straight and it'sh ard to find a job when you show up to the interview with full-body hives, a snotty nose and watery eyes.

[JustinCaseUDontKnow]

Well, it depends on how long you been fighting your case
you should request for hearing with the Administrative judge
get attorney who will only take your case only on grounds if
he can win your case for you if you don't win you pay nothing
but if you win he will get paid for winning your case for you
there is attorneys cause I had one when i was age 20 and i
won my case when i was age 21 it took about year but they
only pay you back 6 months of the tune you applied for benefits
you could be illegible for Medicaid Hmo depends on your state
for medical needs

[HereForTheDay]

You are Borderline? Wow, my ex wife is borderline... (I will try and not growl... was awful... I hope you are actually seeing a shrink... and being honest to her...)

Listen You need to get a lawyer that specializes in SSI or you will never get it for a mental disability or sleep apnea. There are plenty online and they aren't too expensive.

[HereForTheDay]

And the sleep thing - they didn't classify it as a disability - they left it kin of open. I had an employee that used this as a defense and it didn't hold.

[Asker]

It's considered one here in GA. It was classified as a disability in 2014, BUT not every state honors it, AND you MUST also have other problems caused by it that can lead to difficulties at work/finding work. I meet the criteria. As to the BPD, I'm actually doing really well, but only when I'm with people who know me well. I score way above average, even for a mentally healthy person, on self awareness, and I'm way above average for Borderlines on articulation. My IQ is around 138, so that helps a lot. I'm not trying to brag, it's just that I actually understand my disorder, and I'm aware of what triggers my episodes. So for now I just completely avoid those triggers. I still needs lots of work on how to work with or around them, when I can't just walk away. Yes, I already have a lawyer in mind, I'm just waiting for a day when I a don't sleep past 4pm :( Trying to recover from chronic illness.

[HereForTheDay]

How are you doing with honesty? Being the real "you" as opposed to playing at someone you are not? I know id is a very diverse disorder. Could I ask, what are your relationships with men like?

[Asker]

I'm very true to myself. I don't do anything that only makes others happy and doesn't make me happy, but I do also know how to compromise and sacrifice for those I care about. My relationships with men are much better than they used to be, I have few female friends mostly guy friends. I'm a tomboy and not very girlie. I'm very open minded non judgmental. I'm pro gay rights, I'm pagan, and against gender stereotypes. I'm also polyamorous. I have 2 boyfriends.

[Stacyzee]

It's great that you are trying to be a productive member of society instead of leeching off of the government (like some people).

Why don't you try to get a job from home? One where you pretty much make no contact with people?

[Asker]

I'm living with an emotionally abusive mother who is also co-dependant, as I can't afford to leave. She is officially documented as the exact cause of my disorders. If any of my property is outside of my room, she will claim it as her own, sell it, and destroy or dispose of it. I'm living here as a "guest". I'm not allowed to leave anything outside of my suitcase unless I'm using it right that second. I'm not allowed to get on her computer while she is home, and she's either sleeping, or on the computer.

[Stacyzee]

Oh my :(.

I really don't know what to say to this.
I'm just sorry you are going through this

[Klaatu51]

oh well... aren't there any jobs for people with disabilities? where do u live?

[Asker]

Georgia, and I've never been "officially" classified as disabled, so I'm not currently protected by the Americans with disabilities act. No one in my area is hiring for full time without a college degree, and former management experience. No one in my area is offering a set shift for part time work. I have to be available at any time, or I'm on call getting only 15 hours a week. Most of them want me to be AT work between 9am and 11 am. This why I am getting sick. I am losing up to an hour and a half of my restorative sleep time each day, which is creating sleep debt, even if I sleep at other times.