Hello everyone,
it is a pleasure to meet all if you, after the suggestion of my therapist today I decided to reach out to this message board, at age 10 I witnesses my grandmother die in the hospital right.in front of me and that is what started my downward spiral, shortly thereafter I was diagnoses with depression and bipolar disorder, and found ways to manage it for about 13 years,
I was working although not really gainfully (between 10 and 30 hours a week and I would call out constantly because I didn't sleep well because of nightmares or I was in tears.
Then in March 2011 I was accused of sexual assault, for me this was a major blow because I had always been the good guy, right down to never getting a detention in high school. So I had to go through the entire court process until august 2011 when the accuser said in open court that it never happened, I was let go that day but since then I have had night mares of being in jail, of getting assaulted and of killed because I was arrested for such a crime, I have been seeing a therapist bi weekly since may and a psychiatric nurse practitioner since june.
I have been diagnosed with Post traumatic stress disorder, agoraphobia, hyper vigilance and a few other things, I am currently in the process of an appeal for disability but even with a lawyer I feel like I am going to get turned down because I feel like they will say I am am still able to work even though I cant leave my house for fear of getting assaulted or of having someone else try and hurt me or fling another false accusation at me so mostly I stay in my bedroom all the time
I am here hoping to get some support both on a personal level to talk to other people who might under stand what I am going through, and on the legal side because I have been a nervous wreck about my disability hearing even though I have a lawyer
I don't know if it matters but the nurse practitioner has given me a GAF SCORE OF 49 and the therapist has given a GAF SCORE of 50
Thanks for giving this a read
it is a pleasure to meet all if you, after the suggestion of my therapist today I decided to reach out to this message board, at age 10 I witnesses my grandmother die in the hospital right.in front of me and that is what started my downward spiral, shortly thereafter I was diagnoses with depression and bipolar disorder, and found ways to manage it for about 13 years,
I was working although not really gainfully (between 10 and 30 hours a week and I would call out constantly because I didn't sleep well because of nightmares or I was in tears.
Then in March 2011 I was accused of sexual assault, for me this was a major blow because I had always been the good guy, right down to never getting a detention in high school. So I had to go through the entire court process until august 2011 when the accuser said in open court that it never happened, I was let go that day but since then I have had night mares of being in jail, of getting assaulted and of killed because I was arrested for such a crime, I have been seeing a therapist bi weekly since may and a psychiatric nurse practitioner since june.
I have been diagnosed with Post traumatic stress disorder, agoraphobia, hyper vigilance and a few other things, I am currently in the process of an appeal for disability but even with a lawyer I feel like I am going to get turned down because I feel like they will say I am am still able to work even though I cant leave my house for fear of getting assaulted or of having someone else try and hurt me or fling another false accusation at me so mostly I stay in my bedroom all the time
I am here hoping to get some support both on a personal level to talk to other people who might under stand what I am going through, and on the legal side because I have been a nervous wreck about my disability hearing even though I have a lawyer
I don't know if it matters but the nurse practitioner has given me a GAF SCORE OF 49 and the therapist has given a GAF SCORE of 50
Thanks for giving this a read
