<prompt> Human: Howdy folks,I hope this is the right place for this, if its not, feel free to let me know. This is way too long and full of health troubles and too few dollars with a request for guidance at the end. A fun read for sure. Im having a bit of a rough time here, have been for awhile. Im 24 years old, and live around Dallas, Texas. I have scoliosis thats been causing me increasing amounts of pain and trouble since I was 7. I cant ever remember not being in pain, its stopped me from following some dreams but Ive dealt with it. However in the past year or so its gotten dramatically worse. Ive lost quite a few jobs from it lately and currently am living off of rapidly dwindling student loans and have no insurance. Im more than a little concerned about how things are going and could use some advice.Long list of pains and woes aheadAlrighty, so heres the junk Im putting up with. First and foremost, a rather frightening amount of back pain that hampers my physical capabilities and makes keeping food down difficult. I can stand for maybe 30 minutes before most of my attention becomes diverted to keeping myself together, and sitting down isnt any better really. Its this lovely combination of feeling like Im being crushed, yet also someone is sticking a sharp object in my back and just running that up and down like its trying to color in the lines of my spine. I avoided sitting down as much as I could for years and just dealt with the pains from standing, sitting sucks. I frequently go days at a time without keeping much food down too, sometimes over a week, as that lovely feeling of being crushed and stabbed can upset the stomach it seems. Plus I have GERD so that doesnt help, though it does keep you out of the air force for good or ill. I actually havent kept any food down whatsoever today, the vomiting itself doesnt bug me anymore but its rather draining all the same so I cant say Im a fan. Oh and sometimes I collapse because a pain hits hard enough or in an unexpected way and I actually cant keep standing through it, people always like seeing that one.I had an X-Ray in the past year and its still a mess, plus Ive never had any surgery or corrective procedure. Ive been to physical therapy in my youth but no good came from it, maybe because I was a dumb kid who didnt understand I wasnt supposed to hurt like I did and XBOX was really important. I can tell things are getting worse, as not only is the pain intensifying, its also getting more difficult to breathe and frequently parts of my back tingle or go numb and then moving just becomes hard to do. Its actually doing that as I type this sentence and its a bit distracting. Those are pretty sure signs of some damage from what Ive gathered given everything else. I grimace a lot, its not a great look.Theres also autism, I have some of that. ADHD as well as the 3-4 clinical visits and professional diagnosis Ive had throughout my life keep saying. My focus has been god awful for awhile now, something unending pains really arent helping with.In short: My back hurts but sometimes goes numb and also breathing is hard, plus lots of vomiting and autism. So much.How has all that garbage impacted me?Now the sad results of those issues is that stable employment has been tricky. I think Ive lost or left every job Ive ever had due to back pain or something resulting from it. Ive done construction, IT, retail, commissioned sales, hardware testing, data entry, and so on. Turns out that its hard to sell things to people when all you can think about is FUCK OW DONT FALL OVER, you cant quite see straight, all you hear is klaxons, and also you just cant stop throwing up. I mean I did it for awhile anyway but I wouldnt recommend it.3 retail jobs and one online sales position slipped away in the last year from that, and currently I am living off of subsidized student loans as I wrap up community collage. Im studying computer science and spend most of my time programming. Well, time thats not spent lying on the floor writhing, as Ive had it described to me; or walking in circles because a stray pain caused me to forget what I was doing AGAIN. Ive been accepted to the University of Texas at Dallas, a rather nice computer science school that I hope Ill be attending come spring 2017. Im looking to go into game programming and already have one small but fun project done, as well as a decent grasp of python and rapidly growing c knowledge as I study that. But even if games dont pan out, programming is fun and I hear that sort of thing is in demand these days.So my future looks promising, but theres the little problem of not being sure I can actually function for much longer. Ive ripped more than one moleskine apart out of involuntary reflex from pain and my knuckles have certainly seen better days. Its a serious psychological drain and can easily lead to deeper self-destruction. My lifes plan for years about how to fix myself has been Get a collage degree, find a job with insurance, stick with that until I am well. But given how Ive had to drop multiple classes in the past year because I cant handle how much being there hurts, and how hard keeping employment has been, that idea has gotten shaky.In short: Lost a bunch of jobs from being in too much pain, working on computer science at nice colleges, but running out of cash and also I might break before I finish? Plus more vomiting.Lets talk numbersThe upside to all of this is that I have a wonderful boyfriend who Ive lived with for almost two years and dated for four. We split the bills, he pays for food, he has good credit and a family who likes to pretend I dont exist, we get along great. 1.Total rent utilities is something like 900-1000 usually. 2.My half of all of that is usually around 460. 3.I own a car outright, and pay 90 a month for insurance. That plus a phone bill, gas, and other such things means that my usual monthly expenditure is around 700-750.4.A couple of months ago, in response to losing yet another job, I took out my first student loan of 5000. Subsidized thankfully, and just enough to last until the next semester. Or it would have if I didnt just need 1500 in car repairs. So now Im a couple of months short of financially lasting until next semester and getting worried. I have 2700 left in the bank and that number was a lot larger a week ago. I can last until the end of june but not through july on this.My boyfriend has a decently paying job, but its not enough to safely cover all of the bills plus save for the future. Were both depending on me to carry my share so the clock is ticking.I have to keep the car of course, regardless of the fact that driving is quite painful and its quite old. Its Texas and if you dont have a car you aint getting anywhere. Plus my family is dirt poor, sometimes in trouble and my brother is schizophrenic, so if Im needed somewhere I need to be able to get there ASAP.In short: Boyfriend pays his half, but Im losing ability to pay mine. I can make it to July MAYBE. Cars are important in Texas. Student loansSome ideas of mine about where to go, AKA disability is hard to get AKA No Good Answers1. I think maybe I should be on disability? It kinda sounds like maybe I should, Im not happy about that fact but it is what it is. I cant get medicaid without disability btw, I dont qualify for it as I am a young adult, still make too much somehow, and am not pregnant. The trouble is that I dont actually know how Im supposed to get on disability if thats the answer.Back pain is a bit hard to take someones word on apparently and requires a history of recent doctors visits and extensive documented medical efforts to correct the trouble. I havent seen a doctor these issues in awhile, it hasnt fit into my budget, but I cant quality for disability without more than one doctor looking at me and saying, Yup, hes boned, it would seem. Id hit up a free clinic but I doubt they can help out, and i havent the foggiest how Id get a hospital to get me what I need without insurance as this isnt an emergency so much as just kinda awful and probably going to kill me.2. I could just keep getting jobs, suffering through them for as long as I can stand then leave again. That sounds like the thing to do and its what Ive always done, but I really cant stress enough how unpleasant those experiences have been lately. Have you ever cried in a Best Buy bathroom after pain-vomiting something like 10-15 times that day? I dont recommend it, but the handicapped booth is the one to do it in if you must.3. The third solution is to take some unsubed loans and keep doing what Im doing. Seeing as I know how what compound interest and a hazy employment future adds up to, this is the route Id prefer not to take. I could get 1600 for this semester and that would hold me, but bite me later on given my situation. But if I must then I must, Ill need more loans eventually anyway.In short: Should I be on disability? If so, how do I get that without insurance? The best place to cry at a Best Buy is the handicapped bathroom stall. Also, maybe more student loans?Wrap up, took me long enoughSo there we have it, a damn novel about all my woes and my inability to deal with my troubles. I dont even know if personalfinance is the right forum but its the only one I could find. If anyone has any advice on healthcare, getting on disability given my troubles, what routes to take to maximize my funds, resources I could use, or just to shout at me to go to a doctor, Id appreciate them greatly.TL:DR I think my body is falling apart and I keep losing jobs, help? I might not be able to make it through school like this, I certainly wont financially. I think I should be on disability? Car repairs are expensive. Vomiting.  <response>: Theres also autism, I have some of that.What are you talking about? Have you been officially diagnosed with something like an ADOS test? If yes, thats something you can pursue disability for. If no, and youre serious, go get a diagnosis. If no to both, stop saying youre autistic. Crap like that belittles people with actual serious problems. More importantly to you, it also will make folks question the validity of your other complaints. 