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So tl;dr, I have adhd, bad back, Ehlers danlos, depression, bi polar, cfs, and pots. No college and my work history is customer service/manual labor. Disabled from work injury, but not enough for it to "count" and get help to find a new job. Being a trophy wife isn't working out anymore.
Hi friends, as stated above, I need to find a way to make money while also being Disabled without help from programs since worker's comp completely screwed me over. I had a certification for being a personal trainer, but I let it go since I can barely lift more than 20 pounds without crying from back pain. Some days, I can't physically get out of bed without help. Some days, my brain straight up won't let me form coherent sentences anymore. Chronic migraines have been a thing since I was a kid and there's no medicine left for me to try. I don't have pain killers to get me through a work day since there's an OpiOiD CRisIS, so when my back says I'm done, I'm done and I'm lucky if I make it to a chair in time. My adhd has gotten so bad over the last couple years that I can barely read a news article, so studying and retaining that information is...difficult. working on finding a doctor who will let me try meds for it, but I'm not holding my breath.
Basically, I'm Bad but not Bad Enough for any of the doctors for the last 4 years (since my work accident ruined my back/shoulders) to take me seriously to get help from vocational rehab or anything even though I've begged.
I'll be moving to Atlanta, GA area in summer 2021 but until then I'm ideally looking for online classes i can take. I was super interested in going back into ASL interpreting (my original career choice before I ran out of money for school) but my husband pointed out that I would more than likely have to be on my feet a lot, which isn't going to work out. Does anyone else do this as a job and can they recommend it? Does anyone have ideas on how I can make some form of money that isn't physically or mentally demanding for the low/no spoon days?
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