Read the thread "Can You Work?" It's got quite a few replies about working and others' experiences with it.

Disability sucks. But it is better than being unemployed with no money. If you are really struggling to work then I would check into it, but if there is any other way you should try your best. Eventually you will become miserable on disability.

how wonderful to have tried for 7 years!! I discovered I have a 2-2.5 yr cycle with jobs, most i can manage- if im not blatently unhappy then im bored stupid..keep going hun!

Thank you! Delusiond! I am goign back to school (that is something I do well). I will have a masters in education and am going back to teaching. I am no longer goign to work to try and be happy... instead my focus is to get as much time off! as much sick time as possible! as short of hours as possible! and having my own classroom was really nice (also being in charge) plus there is a different relationship with children then co-workers. I won't share what is going on with a 6 year old like I do with a co-worker so I kind of spend all day pretendingbetter you know. these jobs where your only people contact (I work in phone sales now) are deceptive they pretend tob e your friends and then hunt you down and stab you as soon as you spin around!

I have no steady advice for you except to try doing something you love and stick with it. I love children, so I babysit and am setting up daycare again. LOL I like kids over most adults anyday! ;)

kids forgive! and acting crazy is what they do best! They understand temper tantrums and flying high as a kite and rediscovering the same thing in 10 different ways... That is why I understand kids so much too... We are the same...

Kids give me a reason to want to be stable. I have my own three, but watching others makes me feel good!

I tried a daycare in my home once... but I am OCD as well and keeping clean became so important that I was freaking out. Out of my home is a good thing! J

going back to school sounds like an awesome direction to take. At least it's something I have considered doing and getting a masters in something that interests me.
Im pretty boring - worked at the same job for 11 years building it into my own crazy ass department and steadily going further and further outside the norm until all those great creative manic phases crashed down like a house of cards...

Disability is like work - all those rules and regulations and discussions and self management. Plus "they" always wanna talk on the phone - which is usually out for me :) *bleh*

I'd been stable for two years and started working again. The stress is bringing back my symptoms. I'm thankful for disability.

See I think work brings on the instability and symptoms too.. it is stressful! and people just don't understand.

Tizzy this happens to a lot of people. You are lucky to have a family where you can do these things. SSdI takes a long time to get, and most people talk of getting lawyers to get it.

I say find something you LOVE to do and do everything in your power to make it so! I'm at 14 jobs in 9 years. Now I'm going through the motions for a career in Film scoring. Working as a Stocker at Walmart in the mean time.

See I told my husband it was normal for us to keep changing our jobs... I want a change again. I'm just going to do it!

What we need is repetition and stability. That is a requirement for us to stay stable. However unhappiness will do nothing but cause problems for anyone. I have a compounded problem of having ADHD as well.