Do you think anxiety is a good reason to get disability?

If it is debilitating and affecting your everyday life and impeding your ability to work, yes.

ditto what @chyna said

I would like to know whether you gave any serious efforts towards a cognitive behavioral programming that taught a variety of distress tolerance skills and deep relaxation methods that then used exposure therapy to decrease your anxiety? If you have not done that and have only relied on medication to treat your anxiety attacks and panic attack than I would suggest that you find a reputable therapist to work with in this fashion. I would also ask if you are using any over the counter medications or substances such as marijuana in an effort to alleviate your symptoms. I ask this because people with this particular disorder do often use substance thinking that the initial relief they get is helping when in reality it is creating a rebound effect.
I am not minimizing your experience as I have treated a great many people with anxiety, panic attacks and PTSD. It is my opinion that treatment options have to be seriously engaged in by the patient to be effective and that they should do so before being considered for disability.

@Joybird has a great point. You may have to have documentation from a therapist your counselor to qualify as well. CBT can be very effective and what a relief it would be to be free of symptoms, rather than just getting compensation!

I’m in your shoes, I am also unable to work as a direct result of my anxiety and related disorder.
I have not filed for disability, but I am attempting aggressive therapy. It has been suggested, though, so I don’t think it’s too far fetched.

Well I have been in counseling (really aggressive, and intense) once a week (at my home, because of my inability to leave the house most days), for almost a year now. I’m not taking any medications besides my anti-depressant, I learned many many moons ago that marijuana didn’t help AT ALL.

Thank you @Joybird for the link, that is exactly the kind of work we are doing in my sessions.

Why wouldn’t it be? If a person is disabled, they are eligible for disability benefits.

@YARNLADY There’s more to it that that. Anxiety in and of itself is not a disability. Having a disability doesn’t necessarily mean you qualify for disability benefits.

My heart goes out to her. She should be on disability and it’s a shame if she can’t be on it. And I fear she won’t be eligible.

Not unless it would cause you to kill your co-workers.

People can’t actually see anxiety, so it isn’t accepted as readily as a physical disability.
If it is debilitating for you, then certainly you should be on disability.
I wish you well :)))

partyparty You can’t really see alcoholism either but you can get disability, which is really f!#ing stupid.

@Self_Consuming_Cannibal Perhaps if they were staggering about in the street then it would be more than obvious :)

There are people on disability for a variety of anxiety disorders. Severe PTSD is probably the most common anxiety disorder for which people are recommended to disability. People who have been through severe traumas or in war settings sometimes suffer PTSD with blackouts and psychotic events. They can’t work. When someone applies for disability it won’t be their own therapist that screens them however. A state appointed psychiatrist or other trained person usually does the screening and they are pretty stringent in their reviews of whether someone is able bodied or not. With the advent of work from home or from computers the process for receiving disability for issues such as panic and anxiety is even more difficult.
Of all mental health disorders Anxiety disorders are the easiest to treat with the best outcomes often with total elimination of symptoms.
@JustJessica It makes me very happy when I hear someone is really attacking this issue. It’s so much better being symptom free or nearly symptom free than any of the other options. And there is a tendency to see this disorder in family clusters…so when one person in a family constellation beats it there is a tendency for other members of a family to overcome it as well. It’s really great stuff you are doing!!!!

@Joybird Thank you for your encouraging words! Anxiety disorders have plagued the women in my family the past three generations that I know of. I would much rather live symptom free and live out amongst the “living” Than secluded behind this screen, behind my doors. I am working towards that though, I do see it in the future just not sure how soon in the future. Thank you again for the encouraging words.

@partyparty Yes but even then you can only see the effects of it.