Sometimes it is important to be a complainer.
In Social Security Disability it is very important to complain to your doctor.
If you do not tell your doctor about your problems, limitations and side effects of medications then you will most likely lose your disability case.
Complaining means explaining how often you have pain, how it restricts you and how severe it is.
For instance, I have low back pain that starts out moderately and reaches severe pain by noon. This happens every day. I have to lay down for 3 to 4 hours of the day. My medications make me very sleepy and I fall asleep most afternoons for two hours.
Do not go to the doctor and tell her that you are fine if your are in pain.
Do not tell the doctor that your medications are helping you if this is not true.
Do not fail to tell the doctor that you have side effects from your medications if this is true.
In other words, if your medical records do reflect your ongoing pain and limitations then you will lose your case.
Do not be the person who says I should have won my case but I forgot to tell my doctor everything.
Questions about how to win your case? Feel free to contact Illinois Social Security Disability Lawyer Dirk May at 309-827-4371.