I'm going to start with me, I am on Disability unfortunately because of Multiple Sclerosis but my mother is a retired nurse so I found Ed Weir after I started receiving my benefits after waiting 15 months. Nobody told me I could apply for SSI and while waiting for SSDI I could have been getting SSI, they did ask me if I wanted to do an application for SSI but I told them no, why, because I thought they would stick me on SSI forever and I have worked all my life, yes I really thought this. So, after waiting for 15 months and really struggling to try and do what gig work I could (barely do without help) that my daughter would do with me doing Doordash and Uber eats and barely making $400 to $500 a month I finally called Social Security myself and asked them if I had an application in for SSI and she informed me I only had for SSDI so she helped me over the phone to do an application for SSI and the next week I was approved then the next month I was finally approved for SSDI. My situation may be different from others so I want say that SSI is welfare based so if you maybe have too much income coming in you may not be able to get SSI but you will only know if you apply but I will warn you that you are initially saying they can check bank statements etc so please let everyone know to be honest. My mom's story My mother, after being told by all her grandkids and me, well she was lonely so talking to a scammer and she had given this scammer all of her information and the scammer was so nice he ordered her a pizza and had delivered to her apartment. This scammer used her income to file taxes of about $440,000 and was trying to get a refund of almost $40,000 so my mother had gotten something in from IRMA because they were going to be taking almost half her check. If it wasn't for Ed Weirs videos and us being able to send in video questions to find out what we needed to do she probably would still be paying outrageous amount to IRMA, after her reaching out to the IRS to let them know it was a fraudulent tax and Ed Weir telling her what to do at Social Security she is finally going to get back everything that had been taken out the last 6 months, yes you heard right 6 months that caused her to lose her apartment and now she is staying with me. I love my mother and I would have never thought we would be living in a World where you have to be careful someone is going to take advantage like that but here we are so please please please don't answer calls you don't know and don't be giving out your information over the phone no matter who they say they are, hang up and you call the business, bank, social security or whoever and don't believe these lies they try to say that thier general is going to be mad please send money so they can buy a new gun to replace lost one, they need money to get back home and they have a mansion in California blah blah blah.

Hopefully someone will answer but for me I called because I was still waiting for SSDI after 15 months and I had heard you can get SSI while waiting for SSDI so I called Social Security and asked them if I had both applications in for SSI and SSDI and she said I only had for SSDI so she helped me over the phone to do an application for SSI and the next week I was approved for SSI then the next month I was finally approved for SSDI so I hope this helps you and maybe you can call back and get another person that will help you.

@Sergio W Muniz you are welcome, sorry I am still figuring this forum out 😆

My mother has been facing something similar, she got scammed in giving her information to someone and they used her information and filed with IRS so she got a letter from IRMMA saying that they will be taking out more for her Medicare, she has been fighting this for 6 months but Dr. Ed said to do a form with Social Security and not sure if form 561 or form 44 but she filed out form 561 even though I still think she needs to do form 44 but just make sure you as Ed Weir a video question about it.

@Evelyn Crawford go to Ed Weirs website and click the icon that has his name and a video icon, you can switch the screen to face out if you are shy like me 😆

@Julie Hemley I have MS as well and I don't if you watch MS News and views but there is a lawyer out of Florida who goes on to MS News and Views and talks about applying for Social Security, I really can't remember the name, brain fog MS, but they have videos on YouTube under MS News and Veiws but she will fight for you to get out from when you first applied so you don't lose your work credits but I will warn you it takes a while and if you start hurting for money call social security yourself and put in an application for SSI so you can get SSI while waiting for SSDI, the lawyer is good but they lied and said they always do an application for SSI and SSDI which sadly I found out later after I called Social Security myself that wasn't true but they understood MS and will help you.