hello.
i am new to this forum, and i wanted to ask a question about odsp. i am trying to get a sense of if i will be approved or not, and i am feeling pretty discouraged. i have been reading posts by people who have/haven't gotten approved and it seems like everyone who gets approved has at least one more thing than me. what i mean is... this is what i am struggling with and what i've been diagnosed with:
general anxiety disorder
major depressive disorder
possibly undiagnosed ocd (will be diagnosed properly in about a week so can update that.. i am sure i have it)
these are not classic diagnoses but also: chronic pain, insomnia (fibromyalgia?)
(history of substance abuse but that was only in my self report/psych eval)
but it seems like everyone who gets accepted has either 'more severe' disorders, or has been hospitalized, or is on psychiatric medication. i have been on lots of medication in the past but i am so easily prone to addiction and sensitive to horrible side effects that i refuse to take anything now except for baclofen which helps slightly with insomnia. i don't want to become numb again which is also why i don't want anti-depressants.
so i guess i am worried that i won't get it because my issues don't seem serious enough to qualify me as disabled. i sent my application in december and i filled out my forms very thoroughly and attached a psych evaluation, note from psychiatrist, and some notes from a specialist who gave me cortisone injections for the chronic pain. still though i feel pretty hopeless like i probably will not get it. i have not found one person out there on the internet who seems to have similar mental illness to me and who did not get rejected. any thoughts or insight much appreciated.
*don't know how much this matters but thought i should also add:
an important reason i have also found it so hard to retain work and have been fired so many times is because i am extremely sensitive to light and sound and am overwhelmed very easily, my memory and concentration is quite poor, and am also socially awkward.. in my experience most jobs are loud/stressful/social/multitasking/chaotic in some way.
i am new to this forum, and i wanted to ask a question about odsp. i am trying to get a sense of if i will be approved or not, and i am feeling pretty discouraged. i have been reading posts by people who have/haven't gotten approved and it seems like everyone who gets approved has at least one more thing than me. what i mean is... this is what i am struggling with and what i've been diagnosed with:
general anxiety disorder
major depressive disorder
possibly undiagnosed ocd (will be diagnosed properly in about a week so can update that.. i am sure i have it)
these are not classic diagnoses but also: chronic pain, insomnia (fibromyalgia?)
(history of substance abuse but that was only in my self report/psych eval)
but it seems like everyone who gets accepted has either 'more severe' disorders, or has been hospitalized, or is on psychiatric medication. i have been on lots of medication in the past but i am so easily prone to addiction and sensitive to horrible side effects that i refuse to take anything now except for baclofen which helps slightly with insomnia. i don't want to become numb again which is also why i don't want anti-depressants.
so i guess i am worried that i won't get it because my issues don't seem serious enough to qualify me as disabled. i sent my application in december and i filled out my forms very thoroughly and attached a psych evaluation, note from psychiatrist, and some notes from a specialist who gave me cortisone injections for the chronic pain. still though i feel pretty hopeless like i probably will not get it. i have not found one person out there on the internet who seems to have similar mental illness to me and who did not get rejected. any thoughts or insight much appreciated.
*don't know how much this matters but thought i should also add:
an important reason i have also found it so hard to retain work and have been fired so many times is because i am extremely sensitive to light and sound and am overwhelmed very easily, my memory and concentration is quite poor, and am also socially awkward.. in my experience most jobs are loud/stressful/social/multitasking/chaotic in some way.
