My sister who is now 26 with bipolar and borderline personality disorder still hasn’t work
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Are you in the US? Just cause I can’t speak for other countries. I’ll assume you are.
I’m on disability for PTSD and Bipolar disorder. It is not easy to get. I had five different doctors writing letters for me, and was still denied for several years before it was finally approved. They don’t care what condition you have, you will not get approved based on just that for any condition. They want to see how it impacts your life, and they don’t approve it if they think you are going to get better eventually.
You ask how she will get a job; she probably won’t, and if she does she won’t be able to keep it. That is the nature of disability. I had a 25 year work history where the longest I managed to hold onto any job was about a year. Most were less than that. If I could get and keep a job, I wouldn’t have been approved for disability.
Professionals who know the details of her condition much better than you do have determined she can’t maintain gainful employment. That ought to be good enough.
I’m on disability for PTSD and Bipolar disorder. It is not easy to get. I had five different doctors writing letters for me, and was still denied for several years before it was finally approved. They don’t care what condition you have, you will not get approved based on just that for any condition. They want to see how it impacts your life, and they don’t approve it if they think you are going to get better eventually.
You ask how she will get a job; she probably won’t, and if she does she won’t be able to keep it. That is the nature of disability. I had a 25 year work history where the longest I managed to hold onto any job was about a year. Most were less than that. If I could get and keep a job, I wouldn’t have been approved for disability.
Professionals who know the details of her condition much better than you do have determined she can’t maintain gainful employment. That ought to be good enough.
I’m in Canada and my sister got approved first time for disability benefits for bipolar and borderline personality disorder. Basically this is my sisters routine she sleeps all day and then wakes up and either vacuums her room and do laundry or shovel out snow in the driveway if it’s snowing. She eats as well. Her medication makes her sleep all day. Her bipolar and borderline personality disorder were insulting and arguing with me when we were younger and my dad. My sister used to fight with me when we were younger. She spends a lot sometimes. I was offering my sister to try my sign holder jobs since it’s the only easy job on the planet because you hold and wave a square advertisement sign and it’s sign holder jobs are slow paced but my sister said no she can’t work. My sister has a normal weight and isn’t overweight. She weighs less than me and dad.
I’m just worried for her. Also she makes me receive all her groceries and medicine along with Amazon products on the door when she’s an adult and capable of doing it on her own. I’m just worried about her because she’s a big spender sometimes. I have nothing against being on disability benefits for any condition. I have depression and anxiety along with alcoholism but I’m only able to work an easy part time job and seasonal winter job. It’s good to have an extra income while on disability if you’re capable of working for at least few hours a day.
If you are capable of working a few hours a day and adding (a meaningful amount) to your income, you do not receive disability.
That is what disability is. That is the reality for almost everyone who is on it; you are poor forever. Period. Done. The only exceptions are people who become disabled later in life, and have already made considerable amounts of money.
She cannot work to add to her income. If she could, she would not be on disability.
As for the stuff she makes you do, it’s perfectly reasonable to tell her you won’t do it anymore. You’re right, she can do that stuff herself.
That is what disability is. That is the reality for almost everyone who is on it; you are poor forever. Period. Done. The only exceptions are people who become disabled later in life, and have already made considerable amounts of money.
She cannot work to add to her income. If she could, she would not be on disability.
As for the stuff she makes you do, it’s perfectly reasonable to tell her you won’t do it anymore. You’re right, she can do that stuff herself.