I think anxiety disorder is a neurosis, not a psychosis.
Many Americans have neurosis, I just do want to pay for it with my tax dollars.
If you have a psychoses like schizophrenia then you do deserve SSI. However, anxiety is a neurosis. I have anxiety, also. My anxiety is the stress of my job, and that my husband and I have to work longer,and delay retirement so that people with neurosis can live on my increasing tax burden.
There is such a thing as job retraining. Especially prior to the last recession, you could have retrained into a different profession if the one you currently are in does not suit your physical abilities.
I especially suspect people who have a laundry list of ailments to support their disability status.
It is great that you are able to take care of your wife ( who deserves SSI).
But some people ( including my coworkers) have to support ailing family members while working full time.
I have a brother who collects SSI. he suffered high jaundice as a newborn, and caused kernicterus. he deserves SSI, as he is very disabled. I would have loved it if he only had an anxiety disorder.
One of the first things they checked me for due to my symptoms was MS. Like I pointed out many anxiety disorder patients are ones like myself that have other neurological issues and Anxiety is A SYMPTOM of that disorder. One very common disorder is Inner Ear Infection. It can trigger major anxiety.
The problem is most doctors no longer do enough detective work nor ask the right questions so these disorders are detected and treated before permenant damage happens.
I had a cousin who had anxiety real bad. Loud noises etc would set him of. He spent thousands on test and doctors. I told him he likely had Inner Ear issues. He finally went to a semi-retired old geezer GP who asked the right questions. Questions like were you in Nam? Were you exposed to loud noises like artillery fire while there? Did you have ear infections as a child? Five shrinks did not ask me any of this line of questioning nor did my doctor by my medical history pointed toward it as well.
You don't get it though. I have been told by all doctors who have treated me I can not work. You have no idea about stress. You likely would walk out of the situation I am in and say no not me. Part of what made my physical decline arrive sooner rather than later was stress. I worked 12-14 hours a lot of days. Then I came home and cared for my wife who depends on me for all her needs. I worked till I could not work anymore then I went back to work and did more damage? You happy now? You know about as much about anxiety disorder and differing causes as you likely do rocket science.
Let me school you on a few things. Try this web search. Anxiety +Vestibular Disorders. Better yet here ya go http://vestibular.org/vestibular-disorders/symptoms.php a very respected source. Not all anxiety didorders are mental illness or neurosis but rather a symptom of neurological impairment.
Excerpepted from that site as Vestibualr symptoms related to anxiety
Cognitive and psychological
* Difficulty concentrating and paying attention; easily distracted
* Forgetfulness and short-term memory lapses
* Confusion, disorientation, difficulty comprehending directions or instructions
* Difficulty following speakers in conversations, meetings, etc., especially when there is background noise or movement
* Mental and/or physical fatigue out of proportion to activity
* Loss of self-reliance, self-confidence, self-esteem
* Anxiety, panic
* Depression
That was not from a mental health site BTW.
BTW Neither me nor my wife draw SSI. We draw Social Security Disability Insurance. That is not the same thing as SSI.