I am rather angry.

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I am angry because I am not eligable for medicaid....why? because SSI based on nothing informed me I have no mental disorders and can work, it does not matter that in reality I have multiple mental disorders which do interfere with my ability to hold a job.

I realise they did not have any official diagnoses to look at, but that is kind of because I cannot afford to be psychologically evaluated.


So yeah I am angry because I have no idea were to turn or what to do about this, not enough money=no psych evaluation which means no diagnoses which means there is no sense in trying to apply for SSI again and still issues that prevent me from adequeteley holding a job.

Maybe if I was not in college and not even attempting to do anything I would have a better chance, I don't know but it is very frusterating.

I wonder if a disability lawyer could help. Maybe lend you the money for an assessment and then represent you. The cost of the assessment could then be deducted. IDK, just a thought. Anybody know if this is possible? There may also be places to get assessed on a sliding payment scale. It seems to me the disability approval process is highly subjective and depends a lot on who is making the decision. I have known people with significant issues with chronic debilitating pain who have been denied.

I think many disability lawyers don't expect money from you unless they win the case.

Ugh. The system does seem set up to make it harder the more desperate one's circumstances (i.e. don't have $1000 laying around somewhere).

As for lawyers, you want them to take your case "on contingency." When I did it they took 2/3 (or maybe all?) of the back payments, which was about $5000 (since it took about a year for my application to be processed). If my application had been rejected, then they would've gotten nothing (and I would have owed them nothing).

As for getting an assessment, I dunno. I've heard some people mention that their dept. of Vocational Rehab would pay for an assessment, but I'm not familiar with the requirements of that, or how it works, exactly.

Oh, what I meant was that you wouldn't have to have $5000 -- that would come out of your first SSI payment when/if you're approved for it. IOW, if you apply in January, and it takes until October to be approved, you get 10 months of back payments in October (i.e. $500/month x 10 months = $5000). So the lawyer would get that. And if you don't get approved then the lawyer doesn't get anything.

Yes, that is what I was trying to articulate.