Maybe you need a lawyer.Do you have agoraphobia?The reason I ask is it seems like not working but leaving your home for aperiod of time might be behind your panic attacks.Take pictures of the sores on your head,In case you are going to fight this descision.

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Work, whether paid or unpaid, is an important part of life. For many of us it is central to our happiness. Work can:

provide social contacts and support
give us a way structuring and occupying our time
keep us physically and mentally active
give us an opportunity to develop and use skills
give us social status
give us a sense of identity and personal achievement
provide the money and other resources needed for material well-being.
Studies show that work is generally good for health. As well as a financial reward, it gives many of us self-esteem, companionship and status.

There is good evidence that being out of work or 'workless' is bad for your health. People who are unemployed have poorer physical and mental health overall. They consult their GP more, are more likely to be admitted to hospital, and have higher death rates. The figures are stark. For example, people who are unemployed for more than 12 weeks are between 4 and 10 times more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety. Unemployment is also linked with increased rates of suicide. People who are ill are also more likely to be unable to work. But, the consensus is that being 'workless' is the cause, and poor health is the effect.

Some studies go so far as to conclude that the risk to health of being out of work, in the longer term, is greater than the risk of other killer diseases such as heart disease.

Returning to work after a period of illness, including mental ill-health, actually helps recovery and is the best way to prevent long-term sickness. The health status of people of all ages improves when they move off benefits and into work. This is true for people with mild or severe mental health problems. It is not surprising then, that the vast majority of people who are out of work, and use mental health services, want to return to or to start work.

This assumes that your work is safe and satisfying. Some workplaces are unhealthy, and may have helped to contribute to or exacerbate mental ill-health in the first place. So returning to work or starting to work after a period of mental ill-health has to be the right work, in the right place, with support from colleagues, carers and health professionals.

Many people with mental ill-health continue to work successfully. In fact work is part of the recovery process for many people, and can help prevent a mental health condition from getting worse. But, most people will need some type of support to continue to work well.

How you do this depends on what your employer already knows about your mental ill-health, and whether you discussed this together as part of the process when you started your job. It also depends on the nature and atmosphere of your workplace.

I'm not agoraphobic. I do actually leave the house quite a bit. It's just that my arms stay in constant pain and have very little strength in them. I have muscle spasms just out the blue, and I can become detached from reality without warning when I under a lot of stress. I do try to work around the house, but I am not all that social. I have lived n my present city now for eight months, and I know about five people outside my home. When I go grocery shopping alone, I always to go the same cashier every time. When I am in a crowd without a familiar face, I tend to latch on to the first person that speaks to me because I get so nervous that want to scream. My scalp always feels like it's on fire. My chest swells, and my heart races. I can't drive in heavy traffic, but I enrolled in online courses to occupy my mind. Doctors don't listen, so I can't get the help I need to function well enough to work a steady job. I don't know what to do.

You sound as though you are suffering from PTSD.

Have you ever been treated for this??

No, I never thought of PTSD. With all the other problems I have been having, I never thought to consider this.

get a lawyer, I am also waiting on a decision from the SSDI Blessings to you

I'm not a doctor, though I am a nurse.... you sound like you have a panic DISORDER like me. Also sounds like some other underlying health problems. Do you take antidepressants? I ask because when I was at my worst, in a constant state of panic, I was prescribed antidepressants & they made a big difference. Though xanax is a medication I take as needed. As for work & it being an important part of life....lots of ppl feel this way; but if your mental health issues leave you pretty much incapacitated employment is easier said than done. I really hope you are able to get the help you need & deserve. "Being 'workless' is the cause, and poor health is the effect?" Whoever said this probably doesn't have severe mental health issues. I was working & going to college & had to quit work BECAUSE of my mental health. It is good though that you get outdoors often because cutting yourself off from the world outside tends to make you concentrate more on your issues. (Unless you're agoraphobic..then that's another story altogether!) PS- I noticed you said you are not :) Good Luck

I do suffer from panic disorder, and I do take antidepressants. It just seems like lately nothing helps me. I suffer from depression, chronic pain, hypertension, panic attacks, and I sometimes feel like I am gong through menopause. I take courses online to try to occupy my mind. It's not that I don't want to work, but the stress trying hold down a full time job and take care of a family pushed me to a nervous breakdown once already. It's not working that is the problem. It's stress and people stress me out.

What was your original reason for getting disability and why do they say that doesnt apply any more?

I had a nervous breakdown at the ripe old age of 30, but since then I have developed back problems and started to suffer from chronic pain. The examiners did not get through all of my medical records before making a decision and based my original decision on my mental evaluation alone. My re-evaluation was also based only on my mental state which is not as good as they want to try to make it out to be. I have decided to just pray about it and leave it in God's capable hands.

Hi, NiaBerry

I have suffered from panic attacks since I was a boy.

I have had four nervous breakdowns, one of which I am coming out of now.

Turns out I have been diagnosed with hypothyroidism, an under-active thyroid. Google it. I feel I have had this disease for most of my life. And people with this condition can suffer horrible mental and emotional distress, as well as physical from this disease.

Ever have blood-work done?

I have gone to many psychiatrist and none of those know-it-all doctors ask if I had blood-work done. Panic attacks, depression, etc. comes from the body too. The brain is also under constant stress in our modern times.

If you have panic disorder there is a way to, if not illuminate permanently, incredibly reduce the number of attacks as well as the severity of them.

If you do any of the following you are worsening panic disorder:

Consume excess amounts of sugar: processed sugar
Use Caffeine (soft drinks included, double trouble given it contains both excessive sugar and caffeine.)
Alcohol
Cigarettes
Preservatives: one food preservative is lactic acid. Google Latic acid. It has been used to induce panic attacks in people who are healthy and have never had one.
Sodium/ salt: Google Sodium lactate panic attacks
Dairy can cause panic attacks due to high levels of lactic acid
Dehydration can cause panic attacks
Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) can cause panic attacks.

We are lucky we have the internet. Research and learn about your body. What are you taking into your body and how is it affecting your mind?

I have been on a self-discovery journey for my whole life to rid myself from panic attacks and I with each step and elimination of what poisons I put into my body and by replacing those poisons with good nutrition and exercise I am on my way to being panic free.

Most of us don't realize that we are not mentally ill, but physically ill, The whole body, the whole picture has to be looked at. Our society and medical establishment is into using Band-Aids. I am tired of a topical treatment that may work for a time, I want to be free from the debilitating effects of panic attacks.

We can do it!
With great compassion this is my response to you, sister.