Hello everyone, I finally made an account since I have been on this forum quite a lot recently. It has taught me a lot and made me feel more comfortable since I was recently diagnosed with PTSD and persistent mood/affective disorder.
I was diagnosed early december but have been dealing with PTSD and depression for over two years now. I was sexually abused all throughout my childhood, 4-11 years old. I didn't tell anyone about my abuse until I was a freshman in high school and thats when everything went downhill. My grades and school attendance took a big hit at this time. I did fine for about half a year but started dealing with waves of anxiety attacks. During the middle of my sophomore year of HS, i was told by detectives that my abuser wasn't capable of doing what he did and that I had to testify against him in court if I wanted to continue the case. This is where my life turned for the complete worst. I broke down and gave up, because being told that after holding it in for over 10 years was a huge slap in the face. I entered the worst stage of depression and anxiety and ended up leaving school and started online schooling. I gained over 30lbs and started having flashbacks and nightmares constantly. I knew those were early signs of PTSD but I didn't want to admit or come to terms with it at the time because it was the last things I needed.
Fast foward a year and a half later I suffer from depression, disassociation, psychosis, anxiety/panic attacks, fatigue, and constant nightmares. I didn't seek behavioral services until April2017. I have been seeing a therapist since then and started seeing a psych in september. I cannot function anymore, I struggle to do simple daily activities and when I do I disassociate which causes me to have panic attacks. I am constantly dizzy and forgetting where I am. The only time I have worked was a few weeks from Nov-Dec 2016 but was terminated due to not showing up anymore. This was the time when my symptoms started. I applied for ssi and ssdi this past december22 because I know I wont be able to hold a job with all these symptoms.
I recently enrolled into college but immediately sought services with DRS since I had trouble just doing my placement test. I am enrolled in four classes, all online,because being in the school environment again makes me flashback to HS when I opened up. Its a panic attack waiting to happen, and I don't want to put myself in that situation.
I was just wondering if currently being enrolled in school would affect anything with Social Security? Does anyone think I will have trouble with being approved or is my case strong enough? I have documents stating my disabilities and have several records of all the times I went to hospital the past year because of them, around 20 emergency room visits. My PCP, neurologist, cardiologist, psych, and therapist could all provide additional documentation if needed as well.
I was diagnosed early december but have been dealing with PTSD and depression for over two years now. I was sexually abused all throughout my childhood, 4-11 years old. I didn't tell anyone about my abuse until I was a freshman in high school and thats when everything went downhill. My grades and school attendance took a big hit at this time. I did fine for about half a year but started dealing with waves of anxiety attacks. During the middle of my sophomore year of HS, i was told by detectives that my abuser wasn't capable of doing what he did and that I had to testify against him in court if I wanted to continue the case. This is where my life turned for the complete worst. I broke down and gave up, because being told that after holding it in for over 10 years was a huge slap in the face. I entered the worst stage of depression and anxiety and ended up leaving school and started online schooling. I gained over 30lbs and started having flashbacks and nightmares constantly. I knew those were early signs of PTSD but I didn't want to admit or come to terms with it at the time because it was the last things I needed.
Fast foward a year and a half later I suffer from depression, disassociation, psychosis, anxiety/panic attacks, fatigue, and constant nightmares. I didn't seek behavioral services until April2017. I have been seeing a therapist since then and started seeing a psych in september. I cannot function anymore, I struggle to do simple daily activities and when I do I disassociate which causes me to have panic attacks. I am constantly dizzy and forgetting where I am. The only time I have worked was a few weeks from Nov-Dec 2016 but was terminated due to not showing up anymore. This was the time when my symptoms started. I applied for ssi and ssdi this past december22 because I know I wont be able to hold a job with all these symptoms.
I recently enrolled into college but immediately sought services with DRS since I had trouble just doing my placement test. I am enrolled in four classes, all online,because being in the school environment again makes me flashback to HS when I opened up. Its a panic attack waiting to happen, and I don't want to put myself in that situation.
I was just wondering if currently being enrolled in school would affect anything with Social Security? Does anyone think I will have trouble with being approved or is my case strong enough? I have documents stating my disabilities and have several records of all the times I went to hospital the past year because of them, around 20 emergency room visits. My PCP, neurologist, cardiologist, psych, and therapist could all provide additional documentation if needed as well.
