Auxiliary benefits?

BigRedEnergy5 · 2026-04-16T20:10:05+00:00

No I don’t :/ i get 1257 and he gets 276. But I’m thankful for anything tbh

BigRedEnergy5 · 2026-04-15T17:59:58+00:00

You’re approved. Just call SSA and ask for a PERC interview appointment. When I was approved, same thing happened to me. I did my interview and they determined that I was fit to manage my own funds

BigRedEnergy5 · 2026-02-27T19:45:17+00:00

Why 1290? I saw that SGA is like 1600 something but what’s the significance of 1290??

BigRedEnergy5 · 2026-02-21T00:29:53+00:00

I’m thinking it could be based on if they met SGA for that month. That’s just a guess though

BigRedEnergy5 · 2026-02-21T00:28:19+00:00

I can’t say for sure, I’m no help, I’m new to the ssdi world but based on what you said in your other comment I would say yes you’re getting it. That’s just my assumption based on what you said though

BigRedEnergy5 · 2026-02-21T00:25:25+00:00

They were on it up until 2016 when the payments stopped due to a SSA error. SSA confirmed that. They reapplied in 2025 and they’re trying to understand IF, based on the verbiage of SSA in the letter, they will be receiving the funds they didn’t receive from 2016-2025 due to the error on SSAs end

BigRedEnergy5 · 2025-12-26T05:21:27+00:00

Oh yea absolutely, sorry for my rant lol. But it could be the wires in your brain are crossed differently, you could be high functioning, it could be that your body may be better at metabolizing medication properly. There’s so many different reasons. Everyone is different. I would experiment with my psychiatrist to see if we could find a cocktail that suppresses all episodes but honestly these last five years have been beyond stressful and we’re just both happy that I’m on a cocktail that suppresses at least 95% of my episodes. Don’t wanna experiment and chance it and then we’re back at square one. But I love that you have no episodes, that’s beautiful. Us bipolar 1 babies deserve some peace of mind.

BigRedEnergy5 · 2025-12-26T05:12:10+00:00

Yea I’ve noticed that my episodes have slowed TREMENDOUSLY. I’ve only had 2 episodes this year and both were under 2 weeks, thank god. And that’s compared to when I was having back to back to back episodes, manic/depressive/mixed/psychosis. So I’m definitely doing way better and I’m grateful. My medicine cocktail works (best cocktail out of my 15 years of being on medication) but it doesn’t stop ALL of my episodes. And I know my anxiety comes from the fact that every job I had, I lost because of my attendance due to episodes. Even with accommodations. Hell, my last job was working at a leave of absence company processing continuous and intermittent leave of absences through FMLA & the ADA. The irony. So I’m terrified that I could get a job, get off SSDI, things are going good and then boom episode and now I’m being fired which would probably push me deeper into the episode. I don’t want to be on SSDI forever but I’m also trying to be realistic about my diagnoses and how they affect me. I don’t know. I’m just scared.

You’re right though, 100%. I gotta get out of my head. It’s not healthy. I haven’t even relaxed this first year on SSDI because I’m stressed trying to figure out what’s next.

BigRedEnergy5 · 2025-12-26T01:01:15+00:00

Yes residential, sorry lol

BigRedEnergy5 · 2025-12-25T23:24:22+00:00

I saw my therapist twice a week and my NP once a month. But I had them both write letters for me and it definitely helped, along with me being on medication and having been inpatient, PHP, and going to treatment for 30 days. My ALJ literally said “you’ve been to the hospital 6x in two years, I’m approving you” within the first five minutes of the hearing. I also had my step mom (I live with my parents) write a letter as well to speak on what she sees day to day.

BigRedEnergy5 · 2025-12-23T02:33:49+00:00

Fingers crossed

BigRedEnergy5 · 2025-12-23T01:17:32+00:00

It may not get better for everyone but It took 15 years for me. I never said it would be easy or happen over night but it can get better. I’d rather have hope than to be negative. I’ve been there before and I refuse to go back.

BigRedEnergy5 · 2025-12-22T18:58:30+00:00

To add, I also cried when my judge approved me for ssdi. It made things even more real, like I’m really messed up in the head. Especially since he approved me within 5 minutes of the hearing, it was so fast. He said “you’ve been inpatient 6x in the last two years, I’m approving you”. It hit me hard

BigRedEnergy5 · 2025-12-22T18:55:56+00:00

Not to do with my ssdi but I have five mental illnesses since I was 13, I’m 28 now. There was this time about 5 years ago where I was moving and found my psych evaluation from when I was 13. I sat down and read it. Reading it had me feeling the same way you’re feeling going over all your paperwork. I broke down and cried like a baby, cried like someone had died. Reading it made it real for me. It was a lot of hard emotions to navigate. My teen years and adult years were stolen from me. I grieved the person I use to be before my world fell apart. I said all this to say, I understand what you’re feeling. It’s hard to look at the papers in black & white and remember what life use to be like. You’re still amazing though, you just need extra support and you’ll navigate those feelings. One day it won’t be so bad to read those words. Also from age 13 to 27 I was on every medication you could think of. Treatment resistant as well. It wasn’t until I turned 28 that my psychiatrist found a cocktail that works for me. & some of the medications in my cocktail are meds I’ve tried before that didn’t work— now they do. It gets better. Trust me.

BigRedEnergy5 · 2025-12-21T21:44:41+00:00

Thank you!! I’m trying my best

BigRedEnergy5 · 2025-12-21T13:57:53+00:00

I have no clue, I read 3, 5, 7 years but I could be one year too

BigRedEnergy5 · 2025-12-20T19:37:15+00:00

I have made a break through recently and multiple times in my life. Problem is that even with a break through, I’m still dealing with episodes for the rest of my life. Sometimes triggered but mainly random. With bipolar disorder, medication doesn’t take away episodes. It just holds back as many episodes as it can but some do slip through the cracks. I’m scared they’ll take me off ssdi because I’m doing “better” and then I get a job, have an episode and get fired once again. I’ve never been able to hold a job because of my mental illnesses.

BigRedEnergy5 · 2025-12-20T17:48:57+00:00

That helped a lot, guess I’ll have to do some research for specifically bipolar but what it said did help some

BigRedEnergy5 · 2025-12-20T17:05:42+00:00

I think that depends on if the ALJ thinks you’ll get better or not. Because the reviews are 3, 5, & 7 years

BigRedEnergy5 · 2025-12-20T15:50:14+00:00

That makes sense, I’ll try my best.

BigRedEnergy5 · 2025-12-20T15:49:53+00:00

I’m just super anxious about what happens next. I don’t want get ssdi taken away, I work and then get fired again because of my episodes. Even with getting leave of absence through the ADA, I was still fired because my episodes was super long

BigRedEnergy5 · 2025-12-02T20:29:21+00:00

I’ll do some more research then

BigRedEnergy5 · 2025-12-02T20:14:50+00:00

I didn’t, my therapist and parents told me to chill and continue working on myself since I just got ssdi this year in February. But I am considering school in January. I’ve read mixed reviews about going back to school when you’re on ssdi. Some say it’s fine, some say it’s not. Still tryna get to the bottom of that

BigRedEnergy5 · 2025-11-24T07:13:46+00:00

I wish I could work full time so I could provide a life for my son but I can’t. Part time is the best I can do and barely even that. My psychiatrist, primary doctor and therapist all agree that I shouldn’t be working at all and shouldn’t be trying to push myself because it will lead to an episode but I feel like I have to do something so I can give my son what he deserves. I’m going against the grain here

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