Re: CFS

[Guest guest]

I'm in the porcess of getting disability too, but I haven't been diagnosed with

CFS yet. Do you think I could get diagnosed by my family practitioner?

Tangie

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much!

Tangie

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Tangie ~

Yes, my doc diagnosed me with CFS & FM.

Glad you joined our group!

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> Yes I am a CFS sufferer and I was not only diagnosed with it but I receive

disability under that diagnosis which was a battle and worth the effort.

[Guest guest]

Christie,

I have severe allergies and I have symptoms of candida. I believe my conditions

have caused me to be so sick.

Tangie

 

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I also have had a diagnosis of cfs and fm. Although I found out later that the

conditions are due to lyme and candida among other infections. THese are the

things that have caused me to be sick I mean.

Christie

[Guest guest]

I got diagnosed by my family doctor as well as getting diagnosed by 2 other

doctors (CFS specialist & rhuematologist). I wanted to do my best to have my

application accepted so I tried to cover all bases thoroughly. These 3 doctors

have no connection to each other.

Good luck and let us know if we can help. We're here for you!

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> I'm in the porcess of getting disability too, but I haven't been diagnosed

with CFS yet. Do you think I could get diagnosed by my family practitioner?

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> Tangie

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[Guest guest]

how are you getting disability without a diagnosis? From what I understand you

need more than one issue before they will give it to you

I'm in the porcess of getting disability too, but I haven't been diagnosed

with CFS yet. Do you think I could get diagnosed by my family practitioner?

[Guest guest]

> how are you getting disability without a diagnosis? From what I

> understand you need more than one issue before they will give it to

> you

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> I'm in the porcess of getting disability too, but I haven't

> been diagnosed with CFS yet. Do you think I could get diagnosed by

> my family practitioner?

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A doctor who believes in your symptoms is necessary, a CFS diagnosis

is helpful since the SSA has a CFS ruling by which to judge CFS cases

(< http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/rulings/di/01/SSR99-02-di-01.html >).

However, it is NOT necessary to have more than one issue to qualify

for disability.

What is necessary to qualify for SSA disability benefits is to be

unable to work for at least 5 months and be expected to be unable to

work for at least a year including the previous 5 months. That

presumes you cannot work reliably, and reliable work means taking very

little sick leave, a few days a year, but check with an SSDI/SSI

attorney about that.

What is then necessary is to explain how your symptoms prevent you

from working.

I couldn't explain a thing about why I couldn't work until I learned

more about orthostatic intolerance because I didn't have a clue. But

pain was not my major symptom. I believed I suffered menopause

symptoms due to symptoms developing around menses. Who gets disability

for menopause symptoms? Being unable to get out of bed without really

having any understanding why, feeling dizzy and nauseous at work most

days without having flu were major symptoms, alongside being unable to

function after getting back to work, relapsing a few days later, and,

being significantly cognitively challenged while working which was way

more obvious to those around me than to myself.

Oh, and, my personal life, my house and personal business, had long

since gone to hell.

Here are some shorter and longer articles about applying for SSDi/SSI

which have helped several achieve SSA disability benefits on their

first application, including me:

http://www.geocities.com/CFSnova/ssdinotes.html

toni