I get disability for Major Depression and Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
Without something like Lexapro I can turn into kind of a wreck. Even suicidal or suffering from panic attacks.
Does anyone ever feel like this isn’t a real disability? I mean, it’s not like I’m in a wheelchair. Sometimes I feel like I am cheating.
But there are others out there like myself. There has to be.
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I wasn’t aware you could even get disability for those.
Most can’t. It is very much covered by the rules, when the effects are severe. But those with these disabilities have the least ability to stand up for themselves, when bullied by DWPs privrate contractors.
Most of the worst cases can only get it with huge help. Help that has been cut to non existant levels over the last 14 years.
We are the ones with ‘invisible illnesses’. They are every bit as real as a physical disability, or other organs/body systems not working.
You don’t tell someone to ‘man up’ when they have diabetes, so why say it to someone who has a mood disorder?
I feel your pain! Sometimes I feel like I’m ‘unworthy’ of being helped. I try to remind myself that it’s not my fault my brain doesn’t work right, and there are tons of people out there who have no issue helping people like me, like us.
Thank you. It’s glad to know I’m not alone.
Without Olanzapine, I turn into a fucking wreck. I’m still not particularly capable with it, but I’m a LOT worse without it. I get panicky, depressed, etc. I can’t be without it.
Is that an opiate?
Thank you for sharing.
nah, it’s an atypical antipsychotic. I use it for sleep and anxiety management and some other stuff.
I might have taken it too
