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August 25, 2005, 6:36 pm PDT

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My problem is that I lost my job last year in March because I was mentally unable to do my job anymore. I worked there 8 years and the last two years I was written up three times for not following proper procedures and my annual evals took a big hit, which meant my salary did too. But not just work was affected. Every aspect of my life was. I am fighting the bipolar monster along with hallucinations, insomnia, poor memory and many other things not the least of which is OCD and panic disorder which really play havoc with my day. Now I applied for SSI last July and of course I was denied, so I have appealed and my doctor advised me to 'dress it up' a little, meaning the applications. I did NOT lie, but may have exaggerated some. Was that so wrong? I don't know what else to do. I cannot work at all right now. I think I will again someday, in the near future, but right now I have days where just brushing my teeth is such an overwhelming task, I just can't do it.

Just want to say to you, just take things one day at a time and see how things go and here is a (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((BIG BIG HUG TO YOU))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))).

TAKE CARE. LOVE KELLY.

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February 16, 2006, 11:34 pm PST

Mental reasons for loss of Jobs

My heart goes out to anyone of you that lost-ed your job do too mental illness. I worked in one of the largest Mental Hospital's. I think they do a tremendous job. I saw patient with so many disorders, especially OCD severe.

Many time, I was the person that they need to help them walk through the crisis. Many small things are crisis ,if you do not know how to bring them to orderly completion.

Many times, walked a patient through a crisis, we would write a list and the first thing that needed to be done was completed, it was by priority and it help to bring control .

May times if the patient had to come and sit in the office and my boss was our at a meeting. I think organizing each task,. Finish the first one, before moving too the next one. Though I was not a clinician, I guess from working there long enough and getting told you will get uses to each one and their needs. I did ,we had professionals, and the normal Joe.

My heart goes out to you, it is not your fault, but you do need to stay in a program to develop skills , this will help you with medications and your daily routine. The more normal the person life is, and the less complicated the projects to live a normal life the better.

I dealt with OCD in my married life , it is in passing that I think, if the house was a mess, I felt like loss ends everywhere. Organization is a feeling of being in control.

Most people get denied on SSI the first time, get a good attorney, so your will not be on your fourth hearing in the future.

Maybe once you are in a program and your life is in order, you could try too work again. Even on SSI you are allowed to make up to $800.00 without penalties and it may even be a little bit more.

There are many walking the earth with OCD, that have it and know , and those that have it, and do not know they have it. Some are professional, attorney's, Doctors, RN , the number one student in an Ivy League college. I have seem so many get well, when they take their medication right and stay in therapy. I think temporary agencies are great for people that are ill and need some form of income. It is not a life contract, you work when you can, and do your best.