Social Security Disability Advice Group

2) How do your medications affect your ability to perform your job?

3) How has your illness affected your hobbies or pasttimes?

4)How has your illness affected your family and or friendships?

5) What do you do to improve your quality of life with this illness?

I am having a hard time with those too.

Mandy

1) How has your illness changed your work ability?

My illness has changed my work ability because I am in too much pain to work, cannot concentrate or focus.

2) How do your medications affect your ability to perform your job?

My medications make me feel drowsy, dizzy and disoriented and I cannot concentrate like I should.

3) How has your illness affected your hobbies or pasttimes? I used to be able to do all kinds of crafts and hobbies but find now that I do not have the energy to do them anymore, and I feel depressed and have a lack of interest in them

4)How has your illness affected your family and or friendships? My family has had to take on more responsibility and do my chores as well as theirs, putting a huge burden on them

5) What do you do to improve your quality of life with this illness I try to eat more healthy, exercise is out of the question because of my pain. I do take all of my medications like I am supposed to.

Hope this helps some!