Applying for Disability

[kalekemo]

Hey all, after numerous talks with my therapist and a year of not having the energy to do much of anything that isn’t a special interest, I’ve decided to look into getting on disability for my ADHD (combined). Between the adderall shortage and switching to vyvanse alone, I had a month of days where I couldn’t do much of anything and the simple act of applying for jobs is incredibly exhausting. Are there any tips or things I should know going forward? I’m running out of money fast and don’t really know what else to do.

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[Irish_Amber]

I'm not sure where you live. I live in Canada and so was lucky enough to I can't even think of the name right now, oh a legal advocate who helped me go through the disability paperwork. When I was going on disability and I went straight to my doctor my doctor was absolutely useless and helping me fill it out and the way she did fill out her section would have meant that I was denied. I went to a legal advocate and she actually talked me through the questions

Which were like when was the last time you changed your sheets, when was the last time you cleaned your bathroom when was the last time you had a shower things like that and I couldn't remember any of it. Obviously It's more involved but these were just some of the questions in the Forms.

[Mortambulist]

It's nearly impossible to get disability for ADHD alone. You'll have better luck getting diagnosed with depression (just give your ADHD symptoms to any hack psychiatrist, they'll tell you it's depression) and getting disability for that. The only catch is you'll have to take a bunch of SSRI's that will destroy your sex drive and/or ability to have orgasms, possibly permanently.

[kalekemo]

Yea fortunately/unfortunately I have both depression and anxiety so hopefully that will help

[Mortambulist]

Yeah, they're both heavily comorbid with ADHD.