In school, I got permission to miss as much as I wanted as long as I kept my grades up because I was in and out of mental hospitals. The school was made aware by my doctors that I cannot attend every day due to my mental illnesses and there were no questions asked if I did miss one or two days every week. 

Well, I graduated highschool five years ago and have had 2-3 jobs every year because I get extreme panic attacks, paranoia, and unpredictable episodes. For example, I’ll be going to work, perfectly okay, then out of nowhere, I get hit with a panic attack with only 5 minutes until my shift starts so I’m left with the only options being: going into work with my ugly panic attack face, have everyone make a big deal out of it and become very anxious that others are seeing me like this and pointing it out, or just no show and get fired. All my work places also do not allow for calling out because its shift work and you have to be there for your shift or find a cover, but no one ever wants to cover and these episodes aren’t predictable so I cant find someone to cover within 5 minutes of my shift. 

I go to therapy, see psychiatrists, on medication and nothing works in the aspect of going to work normally. Obviously, I can’t keep this up the rest of my life but at this point it seems that unless that I get some assistance I will just have to deal with getting a new minimum wages job every 3-6 months. 

So has anyone here been able to get disability for their anxiety?