Panic Attacks Support Group

A panic attack is a period of intense fear or discomfort, typically with an abrupt onset and usually lasting no more than thirty minutes. Symptoms include trembling, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, sweating, nausea, dizziness, hyperventilation, and sensations of choking or smothering. Panic attacks can be very sudden, appear to be unprovoked, and are often...

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belle 05/07/2009

I have been fired from several previous jobs due to my panic attacks and depression. I have submitted a claim to file for disability as I have attemped suicide several times and can't keep a job.
I feel like this is a cop out and feel guilty for applying but I can't get a job anywhere because I've been fired so many times. The panic is controlling me again as I have been agoraphobic before. I went into a hospital for 6 wks and eventually was able to work but I still had trouble with depression.
I need support in what I'm doing. Is it the right thing?

deleted_user 05/07/2009

Illness is not a cop out. You are sick. It doesn't matter that the sickness is in your brain--the brain is just another organ in the body that can have problems just like the liver or kidney. Our society needs to get over the fact that mental illness is any different--illness is still illness. It is not a choice, it is not a failure of will, it is not because you are not trying hard enough to get better. No one asks a person with a broken leg to walk until they have a cast on their leg, and even then they can't walk until the bone heals.

Its the same thing with your brain. Until you are able to get good treatment, you are disabled if you can't work due to your medical condition. But you will have to PROVE that in order to get disability. You will need to get as much support as you can from your doctors--letters and reports to prove why you are unable to work.

That said, be aware that it is a long road to getting disability, and it is not easy. It can take a very long time. So if there is any possibility of you going back in the hospital for treatment, then do it. Do everything you can to get back to work, and get back to your life. Disability should be your LAST resort.

deleted_user 05/07/2009

DONT BE DAFT YOU ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING.I WAS FIRED FROM MY LAST JOB BECAUSE I HD TOO MANY DAYS OFF WITH ANIXETY..IT MAKES YOU FEEL WORSE.ITS BEST YOU PUT IT FOR THIS CLAIM THEN ONE DAY IF YOU ARE FEELING ABIT BETTER AND PANIC FREE YOU CAN GO BACK TO WORK,BUT DONT WORRY I AM IN THE SAME BOAT AT THE MO JUST APPLYING FOR BENNIFIT AND I FEEL BIT OF A LET DOWN TO.... BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES US DIFF? WE TRIED I HAVE HAD JOBS WITH THIS AND SOME DAYS I FELT SOO ILL BUT WENT IN TO WORK.OK IM NOT WORKING NOW BUT WE HAVE TRIED OUR BEST X.

Kuno78 05/10/2009

I too lost my job due to a panic attack. I tried to get disability, but it is nearly impossible to get. I currently just work from my house as an artist.

belle 05/10/2009

Thanks for the replies. I wish I could work from my house. I even told my last employer that I could but they couldn't see all that I was doing and didn't go for it. Made it clear that wasn't an option.
I don't know of anything else I could do. I do sell things on ebay but running out of stuff to sell.
I feel I will not get the disability but I have to at least try.

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