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Can i use Fibromyalgia as a disability reason not to work?

Can i use Fibromyalgia as a disability reason not to work?

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1. Only if there is no reasonable treatment for your specific condition and there is no way to work with your schedule also your Dr must recommend and approve it. Since it is treatable and many patients have full and active lives that is unlikely.

2. I do believe that depends on what your physician has to say about your fibromyalgia and how it affects your every day life.

I have it and refuse to use it as an excuse for anything. It won't kill me, so why dwell on it?

3. It depends on how severe you are and whether or not it keeps you from doing significant work on a reliable basis. Also if there is not some other job you could do instead.

Because FMS causes brain fog and also physical weakness, there is often nothing to switch to. Even home life and taking care of yourself can be very hard to do.

People who have severe FMS usually can't keep a job even on treatment that works for them, because it is very unpredictable.

Many can't work because the meds they have to take make it too dangerous for them to work, drive, etc.

Disability is for people who have worked for a long time, but now can't work because of their illness.

If you are seriously impaired by your FMS, it is probably best to contact a Disability law firm. Several advertise on Google ads that pop up around Fibro web sites.

You can also find local law firms for this in the yellow pages in your own town.

It is a tragedy that so many people have lost their jobs, insurance, homes, spouses, and friends and had not been able to use the SSD insurance they paid for during the years they worked.

Now they also need help, have to pay for doctor bills and treatment, and meds.

A lot of people who want your money are lying about Fibromyalgia.

They will tell you anything to sell you anything.

Some make sure that misinformation keeps circulating to keep everything about FMS confusing.

4. Do your work benefits include something called "Family Medical Leave Act?" If so, you may be able to claim it for unpaid medical leave - and you may be able to do so on an individual daily basis rather than a large block of time.

Check with your hr administration.

As far as claiming for disability, i'm not sure.

5. i have concerns that a person who can't understand why some people may be incapacitatd by fibro doesn't actually have ity

and it is NOT highly treatable...I have tried everything possible in the last 8 years---iincluding alternatived medicine--tomorrow I am going to the doctor to start the temporary disability process (i have temp disabilility insurance--not SSDI).-

and it has nothing to do with your schedule--it is an you do any job..

Many people with fibro do apply for disability--it is hard to get approved---you usually need a lawyer

fibrofix is a great example of misinformation-this prson is a thrief that steals hope--as the credit card commercials say--thatis 'priceless'---some people can't understand that fibro is not a general term for any pain and fatigue such as thick body fluids/body acid/liver problems--and continue to spred that misinformation--REAL FMS is a disorder of teh central nervous system--and the most promising treatments are NEURO-not dietary in nature

6. Yes if it causes to much pain for you work under reasonable conditions, and if you have the medical evidence. I would get a disability lawyer that only takes payment if they win, and you may want to see a psychiatrist cause you likely have depression from your condition that you could also claim.