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• 1 politicaladvisor2

  Cannot get SS for bipolar under any circumstances.

• 2 george 2

  you can only get disability if you are completely unable to work. being denied 1 job doesn’t do it.

• 3 ladystangswanga

  Yes you can. I am not sure how it works, but it is possible. Many of the mental health institutions i have rotated thru, all of there clients where on SSI. You will just have to go to your local Human Resource and Health Department and have them get you started. I know in some states, yougo to the same place where you get food stamps! so the options is out there!

• 4 mariposa

  You can
  click on disability &SSI

• 5 Richard C

  Where you live I would contact the office of the U.S. Congressperson and explain the situation. They have staff members who deal with the myriad of federal agencies and could assist you in the process to determine if you qualify and then filing the proper material. I hope it all works out & don’t get frustrated if it takes time to hear back from any government entity……the wheels do grind slowly.

• 6 Matt F

  You cannot collect SS but you may be entitled to $ from the employer who denied you. They may be in violation of the Disabilities Act because they did not hire you based on your disability. However, I’m not a lawyer so I would consult with one.

• 7 Francine

  Go to your doctor and have him fill out a form saying you can not work because of your condition, take this form to your neares Social Security Office. They will also want you to see one of their doctors.

• 8 no way?! WAY!

  my dad received disability through social security around 1984 for severe depression. it was a long long process, and he had a doctor who was willing to work hard to fight to get it for him. the doc wrote several letters, and about one year later he did indeed get the disability. But the letter written from the doctor said “no future recovery is probable”. That is the way it needs to be looked at, that this is a permanant condition not going away.
  good luck to you. i hope this small bit of info helps you along your way.

• 9 mhchicetawn

  First you have to be diagnosed and then you have to have a doctor verifying that your form of bipolar is paralyzing….that you are unable to work. If a job denied you because of your psychiatric history you should of sued them for violating the Americans With Disabilities Act. Once you get all that in writing…call your local social security office and schedule an appointment. You may be able to apply on line.

• 10 HOLLYWOOD54

  You can but it takes certain conditions for that to happen,first of all you have to file paperwork with the Social Seciurity
  Administration,and than it starts from there if you have all of this documented from all the doctors you have seen and they have diagnosed you and the severity of your bipolar is such that is interferes with you everyday life including holding down a job than you may have a chance but I’m going to tell you this it is not going to happen over night it is going to be a long drawn out process so be prepared for that and the longer you put it off the longer it will take and if you have a computer you can start by applying on line

• 11 majnun99

  The people who said you can’t get Social Security Disability for Bipolar DIsorder are totally wrong.

  I work for a state mental health agency and I have personally helped two of my friends get disability (both of them have Bipolar Disorder).

  Go ahead and go to the web site that somebody else gave and ask them to send you the forms. You will need to get copies of medical records from the doctor who diagnosed this condition and have them sent to Social Security.

  It might help if you can get somebody to write a letter for you that gives convincing reasons why you can’t work–if you can get your doctor to do that, it would be really good.

  Sometimes it’s not easy, and you might be turned down, but I have seen where people who were turned down keep trying and finally get disability benefits.

  If you can prove you were denied employed because of your psychiatric diagnosis, try looking up Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on the internet and somebody there should be able to help you.

• 12 smiling

  first……………
  you should look into a human right violation,
  it is against the law for an employer to not hire you and discriminate against you because of your disability…

  you should have your Dr. send you for an alternate assessment( it has been a while since the initial diagnosis)….

  you could apply for social security and provide the letter from your Dr., you may be entitled to some or all…(or even none)

  SS’s will probably require an assessment as well….

  I’m not sure if you have called the info line to see if you a eligible. they will answer your questions…or search on line,
  (it is probably the easiest way…).

  see if you can go through the united wy or some other non-profit charitable centre….they should have some programs somewhere, just “google” your city and government services see if you can find services on the listing?…they may help with finding employment….or get you some training/volunteer service, whatever it is…….. and whatever you do.

  good luck

• 13 Robert K

  There are many SSDI recipients who receive their benefits due to effects of bipolar disorder. However the Social Security Administration tends to have a policy of denying people on their initial application. If you apply and are denied, you should find some sort of representation. There are attorneys in every phone book who list help with obtaining Social Security benefits. They do not charge unless you are awarded so there will be no costs for this until the check is written by the SSA. After being denied, you will be given a deadline to appeal and if you do the appeal, there will be a 10-14 month delay before a hearing is set. If the decision is affirmative, you will be paid retro back to when you applied, if this is say 18 months, you will receive 18 months of benefits at once, perhaps $12.000 or so. The attorney can charge for up to one fourth of at amount.

• 14 evilangelfaery919

  I’m almost positive what they did was illegal. I work for a recruiting firm and we’re not allowed to disclose ANY information we know about candidates medical histories. The employers aren’t even allowed to ASK about it. Therefore I would highly suggest looking into taking action against the company who denied you…it’s quite discriminatory and I’m pretty sure there are laws against it. At least I hope there are, because I’m getting my license for teaching and I’m not so sure everyone would be amenable to hiring me if they got to dig through my medical files first.

• 15 Pengy

  No because medically it can be controlled.

• 16 Debbie W

  I am on my 3rd appeal…they denied me cause my dr said that I should return to work and take symbatx….I took the drugs went to work and was terminated 3 days later. The symbatax was causing me to have panic attacks Hallucinations and a few other good o’le side effects…The dr switched my drugs after like 5 days. there was no note in the ss file showing where this happened. the judge just basically kept going back to the statement I should return to work….I have not been on a treatment that has stablized me for longer than 6 months & half the time its a pain adjusting to the meds. I can see why there are so many who rather walk off the cliff and just disappear. Noone really seems to give a damn that even though our appearances are just like regular ‘normal’ its whats going on inside our minds that were having difficulty with.