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<blockquote data-quote="Fleurdaisy" data-source="post: 4163" data-attributes="member: 1470"><p>This is primarily directed to Big Blue but if anyone has any thoughts on this I'm glad to hear them.</p><p></p><p>My daughter turned 18 recently and although she has a laundry list of issues (BiPolar (BP), Intermittent Explosive Disorder, ODD, etc.) she has been stable for around 2+ years and is functioning very well to the point she has her own apartment and a part time job. She plans to start at a community college in January. Essentially her dad and I support her though. Between the ages of 12 - 15 she was in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) twice and hospitalized 2 or 3 times. She has a frightening file to say the least. </p><p></p><p>I was more than a little surprised when this spring at her psychiatrist appointment he turned to me and said, "don't forget to sign her up for SSI when she turns 18. I know her birthday is not too faraway." I told him that I wouldn't forget. My question is, can you, or should you attempt to sign up a very stable child up for SSI? Would there be any chance that she would actually be approved. She still has lots of anxiety issues and the potential for her to become unstable again is always there but she's been so great for so long the possiblity that she might qualify had never really come to my mind. I would never want anything that wasn't rightfully my own (or in this case, her own.) I made too much to qualify for it when she was under 18 so we never even tried. To tell you the truth, it would be very helpful to her while she is in school since I don't want or expect her to work very long hours and then have all that studying to do while she is in school. That's a recipe for instability for a bipolar person. She doesn't sleep especially well as it is.</p><p></p><p>Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.</p><p></p><p>Take care,</p><p></p><p>Fleurdaisy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fleurdaisy, post: 4163, member: 1470"] This is primarily directed to Big Blue but if anyone has any thoughts on this I'm glad to hear them. My daughter turned 18 recently and although she has a laundry list of issues (BiPolar (BP), Intermittent Explosive Disorder, ODD, etc.) she has been stable for around 2+ years and is functioning very well to the point she has her own apartment and a part time job. She plans to start at a community college in January. Essentially her dad and I support her though. Between the ages of 12 - 15 she was in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) twice and hospitalized 2 or 3 times. She has a frightening file to say the least. I was more than a little surprised when this spring at her psychiatrist appointment he turned to me and said, "don't forget to sign her up for SSI when she turns 18. I know her birthday is not too faraway." I told him that I wouldn't forget. My question is, can you, or should you attempt to sign up a very stable child up for SSI? Would there be any chance that she would actually be approved. She still has lots of anxiety issues and the potential for her to become unstable again is always there but she's been so great for so long the possiblity that she might qualify had never really come to my mind. I would never want anything that wasn't rightfully my own (or in this case, her own.) I made too much to qualify for it when she was under 18 so we never even tried. To tell you the truth, it would be very helpful to her while she is in school since I don't want or expect her to work very long hours and then have all that studying to do while she is in school. That's a recipe for instability for a bipolar person. She doesn't sleep especially well as it is. Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. Take care, Fleurdaisy [/QUOTE]
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