Yes, you can. However, many people have panic and anxiety disorder but it’s not of disabling severity. Often symptoms can be at least partially controlled or well controlled with medication. If that is the case, then the condition does not impair your ability to function in a way that it needs to be in order to claim Social Security Disability. For Social Security Disability your condition has to be so severe that despite medication and despite treatment with a psychiatrist and hopefully a psychologist or a therapist your condition is so severe that you cannot function in a job situation for at least a 12 month period of time.
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