Social Security

January 2, 2007

I wonder how they will treat people with fibromyalgia and chronic

fatique syndrome now that they've been reconized as real illnesses.

>

> I probably can't count backwards in 7's or name all the

presidents. That's

> what really concerned me when I first started getting sick. I was

a teacher

> and couldn't spell 5th grade words on the board or remember my

students

> names!!!!! I was even having trouble teaching a lesson which scared

me to death.

>

> One of my friends went thru the ss procedure recently. They will

probably

> send you for a psychiatric interview as well. You can prepare for

the shrink

> part by reading " the psychiatric interview in the Merck Manual. " I

think you

> have to know how to count backwards 7s from 100--ending up at the

number 2,

> etc. You need to know the presidents starting with Bush and

working backward as

> far as you can.

>

January 2, 2007

I was put on it for pstd. never even knew what was causeing it at the

time. you might want to get the spect scan done where they have you

breath a stemuli.I would think that would help.

>

> Thanks, KC, I agree with you and I don't intend to fake anything. I

know I

> can't count backwards by 7's even if I practiced. They need to know

that I

> can't do it!! I might be able to name a few presidents but not

many. I remember

> Dr. Shoemaker asking me a math question and I couldn't do it.

Honestly, I have

> a had time remembering what I go into the next room for and have

to write

> notes for my notes!!!

> I they think I'm crazy then so be it!!

>

> Sue

>

January 2, 2007

You will win on appeal.

ssr3351@... wrote:

Thanks, , I have a SS company helping me. I know I couldn't possibly do

it alone. I'm keeping my fingers crossed but honestly expect to be denied.

I don't want to get my hopes up and be let down because I've been there and

it

hurts too much.

Sue

It sounds like a very stressful process. I have never tried because I

heard it is so difficult and I was not ready for all that stress. I

can remember when my father had a major stroke and he basically had

to learn to talk and feed himself all over and he was turned down the

first time. I know people do get it eventually some of the time. I

need to save my funds to get a safe place and can't waste my money on

doctors, etc. I have heard you should get a lawyer to help.

January 2, 2007

How my men5tal health was affected by the mold. Anxiety and helplessness and

stuff like that.

Janet

January 2, 2007

All I can say that is you can't tell a heart patient by how he looks

except maybe if they are obese and you can assume they have diabetes,

etc. Or you can't tell if a cancer patient has cancer unless he is

bald. Even my grandmother looked pretty good in her casket so looks

tell nothing. I look pretty good but that is because I care about

what I eat and exercise and do everything possible to stay clean of

chemicals, etc. Good luck with getting the ss. I do know you are

usually turned the first time but they have to pay back time from the

time you filed.

>

> You're right !! The right people don't get the help they

need. The

> system really

> stinks. I'm just going to be myself and tell the truth. I take a

lot of

> pride in my appearance

> and always have but maybe on the days I see the Drs. I just won't

wear ANY

> makeup or get too

> dressed up.

>

> I get angered at what Barb has seen and have witnessed this type of

> abuse myself. And when someone is REALLY physically impaired the

way I

> am they ALWAYS look at me like I am a scamster. They give me that

> look like their too smart to be fooled by me and I better get up a

> littler earlier in the morning if I'm going to pull one over on

them.

> Shame on my friends and relatives whom have known me all my life

and

> KNOW this isn't the case. The irony is any one of them would fly

> right though with shining colors if they were in my situation. It's

> all about what you appear to be, not what you are.

>

> I agree with both KC and Jane. You don't scam someone but just like

> you have to put your best foot forward in business (code for hype

your

> product to the hilt) you have to do the same to get past these

fools.

> That's why their are so many people abusing the system while others

> who haven't made it their career to work these systems can't seem

to

> get the help they so DESPARATLY need.

>

January 2, 2007

Help, I forgot what I asked you!! what were you put on and what is pstd and

spect scan. Can I just ask my Dr. to have it done?

Sue

I was put on it for pstd. never even knew what was causeing it at the

time. you might want to get the spect scan done where they have you

breath a stemuli.I would think that would help.--- In

January 2, 2007

Thanks, I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope for the best. They should be

able to tell very quickly that my memory is shot and I have all the aches and

pains described for fibromyalgia and CFS.

Sue

January 3, 2007

I wasn't put on anything,pstd-post tramatic stress disorder.

the spect brain scan---done by neurologist,to show TBI

<http://www.brainmattersinc.com/preparation.html>

<http://www.ourlittleplace.com/spect.html>

<http://www.hbot4u.com/brainscans.html>

>

> Help, I forgot what I asked you!! what were you put on and what is

pstd and

> spect scan. Can I just ask my Dr. to have it done?

> Sue

>

> I was put on it for pstd. never even knew what was causeing it at

the

> time. you might want to get the spect scan done where they have

you

> breath a stemuli.I would think that would help.--- In

>

January 3, 2007

It's PTSD, not pstd. Just fyi.

Cathe

January 3, 2007

sorry,part of the TBI

>

> It's PTSD, not pstd. Just fyi.

>

> Cathe

>

January 3, 2007

When I was at my sickest-every person who saw me would say I looked

fantastic-it was because after bloating up 75 lbs after years of

chronic exposure- I dropped over 60 lbs in almost a month when I

crashed-It got to be a joke with my friends-dying but I look great

-- In , " ldelp84227 " <ldelp84227@...>

wrote:

>

> All I can say that is you can't tell a heart patient by how he looks

> except maybe if they are obese and you can assume they have diabetes,

> etc. Or you can't tell if a cancer patient has cancer unless he is

> bald. Even my grandmother looked pretty good in her casket so looks

> tell nothing. I look pretty good but that is because I care about

> what I eat and exercise and do everything possible to stay clean of

> chemicals, etc. Good luck with getting the ss. I do know you are

> usually turned the first time but they have to pay back time from the

> time you filed.

>

January 4, 2007

were you on steroids a lot when you bloated up or did the exposures alone

trigger it? How did you survive when you lost 60 pounds in about a month? It

sounds as if it were a nightmare. Since I have been sicker this past month, I

have gained 15 pounds but I have attributed it all to my prednisone usage.

carondeen <kdeanstudios@...> wrote: When I was at my

sickest-every person who saw me would say I looked