Disability for depression?

[EgoDeath]

Does anyone have experience with this? It's something I've considered for years. Always had trouble holding down a 9-5 but wondered if it was because I was lazy or didn't enjoy the work. More time in therapy has taught me my depression is a lot more severe than I originally thought.

Always ended up running small businesses whether online or whatever, or working for myself in some form or another. But I've wondered about getting disability for MDD and Generalized Anxiety.

I have a decent gig right now at an international company that's well-known in the manufacturing industry but I have to wonder how long it will last before I'm running another small company or doing sales on ebay to get by.

Is getting disability for depression viable or realistic? I don't want to abuse government assistance that I don't need but I also need to be more realistic about how well I function in the "regular" world. I'd want it to be temporary and would only use it as long as I needed to, until I found better ways to cope.

Any thoughts/advice?

[no one]

Depends on where you call home. I got it. Here you can get it for up to 1 year.

[EgoDeath]

Depends on where you call home. I got it. Here you can get it for up to 1 year.

One year for depression? Or in general?

I feel like here in Ohio (US) ive known people who have been on disability for years. As to why they're on disability I cannot say.

[Amarok]

Sever Depression is most defintly a disabilty  and i think you should go for it till a better alternative presents itself .

[no one]

Here state disability lasts 1 year.

See if you can get into a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy group for depression. It did me wonders.

[EgoDeath]

Here state disability lasts 1 year.

See if you can get into a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy group for depression. It did me wonders.

is this like an IOP type setting? I've tried it all, to be honest. Group therapy, individual counseling, drugs, "forcing" myself through it, meditation, etc. Still trying to find a good SSRI, nothing's helped so far.

Do you mean you have to reapply for a year? Like I said I feel like I know people who have been on disability for several years. Maybe Im mistaken.

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Sever Depression is most defintly a disabilty  and i think you should go for it till a better alternative presents itself .

Certainly. I have major depressive disorder, GA, chronic insomnia, PTSD, etc.

Sick of being told it "isnt real" or i "just dont care." I need relief, champ. And drug abuse hasnt exactly helped me a whole lot.

[Amarok]

Here state disability lasts 1 year.

See if you can get into a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy group for depression. It did me wonders.

is this like an IOP type setting? I've tried it all, to be honest. Group therapy, individual counseling, drugs, "forcing" myself through it, meditation, etc.  Still trying to find a good SSRI, nothing's helped so far.

Do you mean you have to reapply for a year? Like I said I feel like I know people who have been on disability for several years. Maybe Im mistaken.

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Sever Depression is most defintly a disabilty  and i think you should go for it till a better alternative presents itself .

Certainly. I have major depressive disorder, GA, chronic insomnia, PTSD, etc.

Sick of being told it "isnt real" or i "just dont care." I need relief, champ. And drug abuse hasnt exactly helped me a whole lot.

I hate that as well i don't know how many patients i have had that have been told it's" not real" then don't seek help till things go south , And yeah pills are definetly short term gain long term loss and i'm disgusted at how many of my colleagues have become glorified pill pushers . Rather then taking the time to build long term support to get the patient functioning normally .

[EgoDeath]

is this like an IOP type setting? I've tried it all, to be honest. Group therapy, individual counseling, drugs, "forcing" myself through it, meditation, etc.  Still trying to find a good SSRI, nothing's helped so far.

Do you mean you have to reapply for a year? Like I said I feel like I know people who have been on disability for several years. Maybe Im mistaken.

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Certainly. I have major depressive disorder, GA, chronic insomnia, PTSD, etc.

Sick of being told it "isnt real" or i "just dont care." I need relief, champ. And drug abuse hasnt exactly helped me a whole lot.

I hate that as well i don't know how many patients i have had that have been told it's" not real" then don't seek help till things go south , And yeah pills are definetly short term gain long term loss and i'm disgusted at how many of my colleagues have become glorified pill pushers . Rather then taking the time to build long term support to get the patient functioning normally .

Personally, my therapist is awesome. Sweetest girl who just wants to help people and has helped me, at least a little, I'd like to think. But my psych is like the less questions I ask her the better, she just wants to write a script.

I could tell she was actually getting annoyed the one day when I was asking about the side effects of lexapro. That pissed me off to be honest.

[no one]

I am not quite sure what IOP is. CBT basically teaches you to isolate a negative thought, and think it again.

When I took the course, our therapist explained it like this:

Imagine you and your significant other are out one night. After a while you notice someone staring strongly in your direction.
What is your first thought? What the hell is this guy looking at?! And he's still staring, hard! What are you thinking?

But it turns out that:
He thinks he knows you, and he's trying to figure it out.

Now, if your initial thought was what the fuck is this guy looking at, and you get angry, your vision becomes clouded. There may very well be a completely rational reason too what you are irrationally reasoning.  The same holds true for depression, if you let it cloud your vision, you'll slide down a deep dark hole very quickly.

[EgoDeath]

I am not quite sure what IOP is. CBT basically teaches you to isolate a negative thought, and think it again.

When I took the course, our therapist explained it like this:

Imagine you and your significant other are out one night. After a while you notice someone staring strongly in your direction.
What is your first thought? What the hell is this guy looking at?! And he's still staring, hard! What are you thinking?

But it turns out that:
He thinks he knows you, and he's trying to figure it out.

Now, if your initial thought was what the fuck is this guy looking at, and you get angry, your vision becomes clouded. There may very well be a completely rational reason too what you are irrationally reasoning.  The same holds true for depression, if you let it cloud your vision, you'll slide down a deep dark hole very quickly.

Ah, yes I'm familiar with it now that you've explained it like this. There are definitely some useful tools within CBT. They used it a lot in a recovery program I used to attend called SMART.