[Rayma]

Roxy,

It's good that you are asking questions about your treatment. What exackly is meant by "intence therapy"? That is a relative term, so it could mean different things to different people.

If you have good insurance, some dcs will keep you hospitalized until your insurance runs out.

I have never gone through "intence therapy". Just councling every week for a while, then every two weeks, and it was changed again to every three weeks. After a while of that I was told that my therapy was compleate. I saw my dc every three mos for my meds and I still am.

Now I'm getting my liver teasted every three mos, because they just found out that one of my meds can cause liver trouble. My liver level is great so far. He's just making sure that no changes take place. I requested to stay on this med as long as my liver is not being damaged, because it works and I'm not sure if the other meds will work.

My dc says that my meds should help me loose wt, but I'm not. I'm on a lot of meds for other things. And some of them make you gain wt.

As far as Social Security Disablity goes - PTSD is in the book of conditions that are suppose to be automaticly approved. But they turn down people anyway. Most who are turned down never fight for their money.

As soon as SSD's Atty found out that I had a Atty, I was approved. And I received back pay.

The pay is based on how much money you made before you applied. There is a limit to how much anyone can get. But it is more than $500. Also in many states you can qualify for S.S.I., due to not having enough money. SSD and SSI both come with insurance (medicare and medicade) after two years. And with SSI you automaticly qualify for food stamps, and some phone companies will give you your basic home phone service for half price. Any one who gets food stamps where I live can get the discount on their basic hone telephone sevice with Bellsouth.

With both SSI and SSD you can work some.
Once you are approved you can go off of the asistance and then return at a later time without going throw all the problems that everyone goes through the first time.

There is also a vocational rehabilitation programe, it may have a different name in most states, but it's through social services. Everything they do for you is free. Their goal is too get people back into the work force. They provide medical care, education (up to a bachlers degree), transportation, babysitting, and even money to live on if they determine that you need it. Bascaly they do whatever it takes to get a disabled or hanidicapped person work. This is the only social programe that pays for its self.

Take care, ask questions and use common since. It is always a good idea to find out what experiences others have had. But allways remember what works for one person doesn't neccasarly work for the next person. So try to keep an open mind, but use discresion at the same time.

Take good care of yourself,