ptsd Stupid Question, But Got Different Answers And Need To Ask

[hedgey]

I quit working in Feb 1998, I was at the frizzy end of my rope and couldn't take it anymore. Lucky for me, I had a husband who could support us and understood what was going on with me. I spent the first 2 years hiding in my house, then finally went to see a psychiatrist.

I never considered applying for SS disability, I didn't think of myself as disabled, just very troubled. I kept thinking I would get better...

Anyway, I've been getting the SS printouts yearly and I saw that my window of applying for SSD had closed years ago, so I never thought about it. Then last year I went to a PTSD inpatient program and found I was the only one there not getting SSD. My roommate told me that she'd gotten it after not working for 5 years.

It's been 12 years for me now. I have plenty of quarters to receive SS when I reach 65 (dwindling, dwindling as the years roll by).

Sorry if this is a bit disjointed. Feeling fuzzy just now.

[hedgey]

Thank you all so much!!

I never would have thought I might really have a chance at this. I'll get myself started on this as quick as I can... wow.

This would be great. I wonder if my old shrink would back me up.. I started seeing him a few months after I stopped working.

[cowgirl]

Good luck and stick with it. For instance, had all credits needed, got denied for lack of current credits, struggled to get those, got approved second time around. If I had understood about ALJ probably got SSDI earlier. Great information and experience here ~ !

Cg

[hedgey]

Well, I still haven't put in my application for SSDI. Damn PTSD, makes me put off so many things.

Anyway, I have another stupid question.

Over the years since I stopped working full time, I did some selling on eBay. It was good in a way because it made me feel useful, but awful because I was way too obsessive about it. Agonized over whether I should use the blue font or the teal font, and should I say I would accept all returns or should I say I would accept any and all returns. You can see where it went.

I made some money, filed a schedule C, but never made a profit or even came close. In the last two years I did it, I just listed the income as hobby income on our taxes. The last time I made a sale was just before I went off to the in-patient PTSD treatment facility.

Does this count as working? Should I put that new date instead of the 1998 date? I didn't pay self-employment taxes, so there would be no SS credits for the time period, so does it not count?

I know, I should call the SSA and ask them, but it will be another two years before I get up the chutzpah to call them. It's so much safer and easier to write my questions here...

Thanks again for your help, HadIts!

[LarryJ]

1. No

2. No

3. No

Edited April 12, 2010 by LarryJ

[jbasser]

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/applyfordisability/

You can do it from Home.

J

[Philip Rogers]

At this point I'd contact someone specializing in SSDI claims. You can choose anyone you want. I recommend going to http://www.nosscr.org/ to find someone in your area. You'll probably need to go to the ALJ appeal level and it'll probably take about 2yrs to get it awarded but it'll be a nice retro check when it comes. Every day you waste is lost money that could help you and your family. jmo

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Edited April 13, 2010 by Philip Rogers