Disability? Do we ever get better?

[Amanda0220]

I just have a general question...I know a lot of us are suffering and having a lot of issues and I know I am not alone in that.  Has anyone tried to get disability or gotten it?   Is it possible to get better with this disease?  I feel like I take 1 step forward and three steps backwards.  Beginning to feel a little better physically and now I have nodules.  
Thanks for any replies. Amanda

[goolarra]

Are you being treated for Graves'?

What meds are you on?  Do they have you on a beta blocker to lower your heart rate?

[min817]

im 24 years old i have graves disease im scared my heart rate is 157 wich is hight when i move around cant keep my job due to my eyes im trying to get it but i dont know if i will be approved....

[kl42]

i was on disability for 18 months. due to thyroid. just document it all ! seek all help. different docs. even go to therapy! say your anxious as long as your under doctors care, and have at least one doctor supporting you,  you will get the disability. short term .//long term  permanent is another story .also as long as one doctor is supporting you the other doctors will  not go against the doctor that says you can't work.  hard to prove permanent.

[Airyanna]

Well, I just tried in january however, I havent heard anything back but I had a goiter that was shoving my thyroid clear up my throat so i had to get it removed. I might also have fybromialga so it makes it all hard. Without insurance it is hard to get tested for that. I also found out that it is NOT what you have but IF you are able to cope or can work. They take the job you currently have/had and take a low, med, and low scale. They ask you questions, see where you fall and go from there. i was an assistant deli bakery clerk at kroger and they fired me because of call offs and the fact that they didn't want me to work for them anymore. And that was lifting boxes, pushing large hand cranks, pulling heavy stuff, on my feet for over 8 hrs, focusing on people when i couldn't, and probably some more things I can't think about at 130 am in the morning lol

So basically any one can get disability if you can prove you can no longer work. Dr records would be of great help.

[gimel]

Have a look at the info I just posted to Keerthi69.

[Nettey11]

Hi, All. I was just dx this year with hypo and was still hopping for a fix-all, but I guess that is not going to happen. I was doing great, trying to get back to work, I am a special education para so I work in schools too, but I have only been subbing as of late. I'm not exactly sure what happened, but my levels are off again. They raised my dose, but what I wanna know is how is everyone keeping their regular jobs? It took me 2 weeks to see the Dr in which time I could barely get out of bed, and it is going to take maybe another 2 weeks for the pills to start working. I don't know what kinda jobs you guys have, but I don't know of any that are going to be okay with that. By the way, thank you all for sharing your stories. just knowing that I'm not the only one feeling this way helps a lot.