Does anyone have experience with the SSDI process? [View all]

I've been denied up to the appeals council level. I think what my lawyer is doing now is suing Social Security itself? Whatever it is, it's the last step in the appeals process. I've been doing this for YEARS. It is taking forever. And I know that I probably won't get approval from the court. If anything, they'll just remand it to the original disability judge. UGH. The last thing my lawyer sent to the court was in November. It could be more than a year before I hear anything.

It's just really frustrating. I have a mental disability that's gotten worse over time and I can't hold down a job because of it. It's difficult to even get me out of the house.

Can anyone else relate? How did your case go? What happens after this if I get denied by the court? Like I said I'm beyond the appeals court level, now I'm at whatever the next step is. If it all falls through I start all over again, right?

It really shouldn't be this hard.