xfrustrated
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Georgia
I have recently been diagnosed with multiple chemical sensitivity, vasomotor rhinits, reactic airways disease, allergic conjunctivitis and facial damage from overexposure to chemicals contained in air fresheners and candles which has progressed also to reactions to any type of product containing the chemicals used in fragrances. In addition to seeing my own primary care physician, I have also been seen by a board certified environmental illness specialist who is the one who diagnosed me with the above. I also went to see an ear, nose and throat specialist who concurred with the findings and diagnosis of the EI physician. Both state that I will have to have environmental restrictions on any job and that I can not be exposed to any type of fragrance without the risk of a reaction and, therefore, no one will hire me for fear of my reacting to something that may be brought into their premises even if any office I work in have their employees go fragrance free. Both also state the fact that there is no cure for my condition, only the chance of controlling my reactions by avoiding those chemical fragrances that contribute to my reactions. I am 55 years old and have worked my entire life and it greatly pains me that I am unable to work out in the public any more because of my condition or, for that matter, to not have any freedom in just the simple things in life as going to malls, restaurants, grocery stores, etc. We have always been a 2 income family and are now reduced to 1 and I would like to know if I might have any chance of collecting SSDI?
I have recently been diagnosed with multiple chemical sensitivity, vasomotor rhinits, reactic airways disease, allergic conjunctivitis and facial damage from overexposure to chemicals contained in air fresheners and candles which has progressed also to reactions to any type of product containing the chemicals used in fragrances. In addition to seeing my own primary care physician, I have also been seen by a board certified environmental illness specialist who is the one who diagnosed me with the above. I also went to see an ear, nose and throat specialist who concurred with the findings and diagnosis of the EI physician. Both state that I will have to have environmental restrictions on any job and that I can not be exposed to any type of fragrance without the risk of a reaction and, therefore, no one will hire me for fear of my reacting to something that may be brought into their premises even if any office I work in have their employees go fragrance free. Both also state the fact that there is no cure for my condition, only the chance of controlling my reactions by avoiding those chemical fragrances that contribute to my reactions. I am 55 years old and have worked my entire life and it greatly pains me that I am unable to work out in the public any more because of my condition or, for that matter, to not have any freedom in just the simple things in life as going to malls, restaurants, grocery stores, etc. We have always been a 2 income family and are now reduced to 1 and I would like to know if I might have any chance of collecting SSDI?
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