I ‘ve been on SSI SSDI since 2004. My medical review is due in a few years or less.

what are the chances that they’ll cut my benefits because I’m seeing a psychiatrist and taking medications everyday?

I worked part time for a while until i got suicidal thoughts

I have been getting it for 4-5 years now and they never did a CDR (continuing disability review).

Is there chance that they may cut off my benefits when they do a CDR?

I see a psychiatrist every 8 weeks, get depressed or suicidal thoughts when I work. I have been on disability for 5 1/2 years.

I am worried about the disability review because I don’t know how to show them proof that I get depressed or suicidal when I work even part time. I take ativan, invega, celexa, trazadone, ambien, lithium.

Rodney Dangerfield was an American comedian and actor best known for his catchphrase, “I don’t get no respect”. It can seem the same with Type II bipolar disorder. In show biz, things that are flashy are popular, but when it comes to the cast of bipolar disorder, Type II is a stick in the mud—the shy, quiet member of the cast. Some even think it a less serious form of bipolar disorder! Don’t be fooled. The real problem is that Type II don’t get no respect.

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My husband and I would like to start trying for a baby in about a year. However, I am type 1 bipolar and I am on seroquel and lamictal. I know that I cannot take the lamictal and I might have to change mood stabilizers. That’s fine, I’m just so worried after reading all of these articles about it and I just wanted to hear that people have actually had pleasant pregnancies and births, even with bipolar.

Scientists all over the world have categorized bipolar disorder into two classes; Mania and depression. This is the reason why the disorder is also referred to as a manic depression.

Bipolar disorder is a disease of the brain and so is treated by a psychologist. People suffering from bipolar disorder are not in control of their emotions and experience extreme mood swings. This makes them very unpredictable and dealing with a person with bipolar disorder is very difficult.

A patient of bipolar disorder will be absolutely normal one minute and the next an eerie change will come over them. They may go into depression and go into a cocoon and stay there for a long time without interacting normally with people who try to communicate with them. Sometimes these patients will get so depressed that they will even contemplate suicide, many of them have been successful too. So care must be taken in dealing with a patient of bipolar disorder.

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Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is a mental illness caused by a number of factors including neurological, biological, emotional, and environmental factors. It is typically characterized as mood cycling from manic, or extra happy, moods to depressed, or extra sad, moods.

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