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Bi-polar depression/anxiety attacks/ADHD/back problems. The latest scams to collect SS Disability. When the medical community finally decides that alcoholism is a disease, we're screwed.
I don't mind a hand up -- in fact, I think we should probably do even more for people who are genuinely disabled. But a hand out? God, I wish we didn't do that as often as I think we do.
Wrong Maggie. The psychological issues that you describe are CERTAINLY disabling and can prevent people from working. I've signed off on half a dozen SSI forms, requesting disability for patients that had one of those psychological illnesses. THEY COULD NOT WORK because of them. It would be unethical for me to sign off on them if I felt they COULD work. Further, my brother is one who receives SSI because of severe anxiety/depression. There is no question that he could not survive without it.