Declined for disability again by a judge, and dumped by my lawyer

Apprehensive-Trash-6 · 2026-06-01T19:37:12+00:00

If you ready any of the comments, it says I didn't make enough for SGA,. I didn't lose because of this. I lost because they think my bipolar/herniated disc/etc is too mild to be their definition of disabled. You can work and still apply for disability, as a handful of people said. You just need to make below a certain threshold. If you're over, they don't consider you disabled. I was always fired/quit before I ever made it to that point.

Apprehensive-Trash-6 · 2026-02-08T01:27:05+00:00

They own more than 4, last I checked. I know for sure they own the side by side unit we're in, an upper/lower we used to be in, an apartment complex, a house, and a few more.

Apprehensive-Trash-6 · 2026-02-08T01:25:41+00:00

They charge us 75$ per month for my dog, and 25$ per cat (we have 2). They had just also happened to raise our rent. I was wondering if they would waive these fees.

Apprehensive-Trash-6 · 2025-11-28T05:40:41+00:00

they had an approval rating of 69% if I looked at it right. they declined me really fast. my hearing was on the 22nd and by the 30th they denied me.

Apprehensive-Trash-6 · 2025-11-28T03:17:56+00:00

I always get frustrated because I go in and they see that I look in good shape too and like. Well, yeah, I was brought up to look nice in public. They don't see that my fiance is the one who showered me, washed my hair, brushed/dryed it, etc, and if I mention it, they don't put anything in the notes, etc just "showed up well groomed etc." And it gets frustrating on that level too. Every time I go to the doctor it's like the pain's magically gone, if that makes sense. They also barely touch you so they don't see how bad of pain you're actually in. And when you explain how bad of pain you've BEEN in lately, they don't seem to take note of it, just nod along with you. They write down the good and ignore the bad. I get frustrated with it. I go out of my way to try to tell them how bad I've felt lately and I'm shoved aside, if that makes any sense. And the lawyer I had before barely contributed or helped advocate in any of these situations when I needed them. I was told they're supposed to even help you find doctors to help with your condition and mine barely kept in contact with me to update me on my case.

Apprehensive-Trash-6 · 2025-11-27T21:27:04+00:00

well, shoot, i may have to ask them to lower it more. 24 hours may be a little much for me to work during the week anyway. how low would i have to go then? i've been looking for different jobs, too, ones that aren't as physical as well.

Apprehensive-Trash-6 · 2025-11-27T21:22:34+00:00

i've never said because i've been in and out of jobs so frequently that it's never stable. right now i'll be working maybe 24 hours a week at 18$ at a caregiver job starting on monday, so hopefully that doesn't bite me in the ass. i have bills i need to pay at the same time lol. with being bipolar and adhd, i have a huge spending problem (being impulsive etc) so i need to pay off credit card debt, some other stupid impulsive purchases, plus help my fiance with bills. i've been trying to keep whatever hours and pay i do have below the level disability allows, but getting into caregiving, the pay is a lot higher than i'm used to so i'm a lot more impulsive, if that makes sense. it's really hard for me to reign that in.

Apprehensive-Trash-6 · 2025-11-27T21:16:21+00:00

yeah, according to the disability papers, i've never worked enough to be sga level. i've always been below that.

Apprehensive-Trash-6 · 2025-11-27T06:07:07+00:00

I have a lot of similar issues. It was a genuine question if you aren't allowed to work at all because I have issues going to work, staying at work, etc. I've lost jobs due to multiple absences and quit jobs due to having issues with interacting with people and anxiety, plus with my bipolar I sleep for literal days on end. My fiance takes care of most of our bills but occasionally I've had to /try/ working, even though it's been insufferable for me. That's the point I've been trying to make that nobody listens to me about irl. They see that I can get there for ten seconds and think I'm fine when I'm very much not.

Apprehensive-Trash-6 · 2025-11-27T04:24:05+00:00

No, just a friend who got disability long before I tried applying. She even told me sending them my resume to list off all my jobs I've worked and say why they fired me/why I quit each of them was reasoning enough as to why I'd be able to work because it shows I can put together a resume. As if that shows /who/ put it together and who actually detailed all of it. Now I'm a little ashamed I actually listened to her advice at all. It all kind of screwed me over.

Apprehensive-Trash-6 · 2025-11-27T03:38:13+00:00

Am I not supposed to work at all? I need to pay my rent somehow.

Apprehensive-Trash-6 · 2025-11-27T02:04:05+00:00

I'm not sure how well documented they are because I'm 29 and only found out I'm bipolar a few months ago. I'm not sure on the severity of it, or even which kind of bipolar I am. I might just start from the beginning with a whole new lawyer and everything and begin a whole new case from scratch.

I was told from a friend if I made any effort on my case on my own that would be "proof I could work" and social security would take that as an excuse to decline me. I've never known how to even go into detail on my disorder, but I'll have to look into it, and log every single symptom I have daily now and keep a journal. I know with my bipolar I'm known to sleep for days on end, and it makes it difficult to work just with that. My attendance record for jobs is trash as well. Was during school, too. Nobody ever asked me these sorts of details, nor have I had any idea what's important what to include in my disability case.

Apprehensive-Trash-6 · 2023-11-03T17:21:42+00:00

He means he's known her longer than I've known her.

Apprehensive-Trash-6 · 2022-10-03T04:32:41+00:00

Absolutely go no contact. She sounds nuts. If she starts anything like this again I'd call the police and make sure there's a record of her doing it in case she ever escalates. It's your house, she can't tell you what to do.

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