What am I gonna do?

My opinion? I think its a shame that people who actually do need to use disability feel that they are "abusing" it because there are so many slackers that do abuse it!!!! It's there for people like us. Don't let the lazy people push us away from it. If you need it, go get it. I may need to. I've worked hard my entire life and now my body won't let me. Now I need the help of what my taxes have paid for.

Wendy, try not to feel that you are abuseing the system because your not. I got over it and am now on disability. Best thing I could have done! Now my focus is on getting better so I can eventualy return to work in good health. I don't know how some people do it, all the doctors appointments, tests and trials with meds takes up so much time and energy. Alot to deal with. Add taking care of a family and a job just spells more seizures! Disability is there for a reason and although alot of people may see some seizures as not so bad(most only think of convulsions)they don't live it. Believe in yourself, if you think you should'nt be working then don't. A good doctor(prefurably a neurologist or epilotologist even better) will recognize that it is difficult to keep a job when your seizures are not controled. After all as I explained it to my doc, I can't just phone and say sorry I'm having a bad seizure day, week, month or my meds are causing too many side effects right now and Ill just be bumping into walls,dropping things and forgetting everthing. Then there's having a seizure and needing to go home early, not to mention sorry I have no way of getting there today. Sound familar? I used to get so frustrated because those who did'nt know what it looked like when I did have a seizure tended to think I was faking it. Who needs that! Anyway I convinced myself for years that it was'nt bad enough to stay at home and made it worse. Now that I am at home I realize that I was right, I can't commit to a job, but that does not mean I will never work again. Get this, I was told after being on work disability and trying to go back that they put alot of time and accomidation into me. Ha! I used to go to work having seizures and being in a drug induced stupor all the time. I missed less work than their healthy employees! So you know what to do, get all the forms and info you need and get that ball rolling. I'm canadian so if you are from somewhere else I don't know how much help I can be but I'll help in anyway I can;info, advice, experience and most of all support. Take care and smiles.