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Posted by: mistersmith ( )
Date: January 29, 2015 12:08AM

...(Continued from, My struggles with leaving my large Mormon family)...

and my past sports to give him a better idea and so I told him that I used to skateboard in High School and after I said that he prescribed it as a (Gymnast injury of my skateboarding of repetitive landing on my feet and therefore putting strain on my spine, and not a workman's comp injury).
I never had any long lasting symptoms or any doctor visits for my lower back when I was a child or young adult.
So for 2 months I was being treated by the Chiropractor involving spinal manipulations of twisting my back to crack it and he gave me a doctors note of work restrictions to give to my GM which involved no heavy lifting of the grill or products and frequent breaks.
It felt like there was not enough employees for this because it strained the work flow and lowered everyone's mood, understaffed.
So for 2 months I was being treated by Workman's Comp for my wrists under the diagnosis of “Bilateral Wrist Strain” and work restriction, home therapy, life style changes, etc., while also being treated by my Chiropractor with work restrictions, home therapy, life style changes, etc.. Both treatments were not conclusive treatments.
The only thing about the work environment that changed was the grill was modified with larger wheels, about a foot or more in diameter, this was changed slight before I had filed workman's comp so it had been 1 year and 10 months since I had started and over a year of complaining about moving the grill and told them many times to get bigger wheels on the grill but management insisted I was moving it wrong or that my shoes weren't slick resistant enough, they were very muscular and even though I am tall and weighed 240 pounds at the time I didn't have any muscle tone due to lack of athletics growing up and a current lifestyle of pharmaceutical side effects and other medical problems.
So after the work restrictions lifted for both doctors, almost at the same time, my managers told me if I could move the grill so I gave it a try since the doctors restrictions lifted. I tried to move the grill and re-injured my lower back and told them I cannot ever do that again, and when I tried the other stations of cooking fries the wrist pains, carpal tunnel, and posture problems came immediately back.
I had no choice but to quit, I put my 2 weeks in and did next to nothing towards the end. My last shift at this employer was in the middle of June 2012.
I had asked my parents to move back in 6 months prior because I wasn't feel well and that the job wasn't working out but they didn't let me move back home but after all that time they let me move back in around June 2012. I had no friends or any money and my brother couldn't support my rent.
At this time I had posture problems of sitting or standing for long periods and even short periods of time and would fidget a lot to stop the pain, I also couldn't walk very far, depending on the severity of the symptoms determined how active I was that day. Skeletal pain made it next to impossible to get a full nights rest.
Total weight of Fryer - Approximately 450 pounds
Total amount of fries prepared - Approximately 24,000 pounds
Total amount of fries cooked = Approximately 56,000 pounds
Total amount of potatoes rearranged - Approximately 30,000 pounds
Total amount of times moving the fryer - Approximately 1200 times
Total weight of a bag of potatoes - 50 pounds
Total weight of 1 fry basket when cooking – 10 pounds
Total weight of the Grill - Approximately 750-800 pounds
Total amount of hamburger patties cooked - Approximately 60,000 patties
Total amount of times getting in the lifting position to move the grill - Approximately 5040 times. Moved the grill 1000+ times.

Living Situation after Job #2:

I was still taking DRUG #LLLL while all this was happening.
So when living with my parents I told them I needed to smoke Marijuana for my pain and other symptoms but told me if I did that here that they would kick me out, even if it wasn't on their property they would still kick me out, this was the same reaction as 3 years prior when I wanted to consume Marijuana for the pharmaceutical side effects, anxiety, insomnia, depression, etc..
I was consuming Marijuana when I was living with my brother but when I moved into my parents place they wouldn't allow Marijuana so I turned to Alcohol to medicate my pain and insomnia. They would kick me out if they found out I was drinking, I was 23 at the time and was not breaking the law in a tenant fashion or outside the house, I had no friends invited over the entire time either. Not the smartest idea but it was a quick fix for a dire situation that turned into a habit.
During this time my parents told me that I needed to get a job and get back on my feet so with the pressure and knowing my parents would kick me out without a job since it happened before I was forced to get a job at another food service place this time with way more work load. I work for 5 shifts before having a panic attack on the job and go into the back cooler and cry and my manager was standing there baffled as I deliriously ramble out my problems then walk out. It was extremely embarrassing. This was the second time my parents did this, after Job #1 they told me that I needed to get a job so I worked at a place in the town I was living at the time and work 4 shifts before crying and having a panic attack and walking out.
After that I didn't work for another month until I got a job at the same place where my brother worked at Job #3.
I lived with my parents for 4 more months until they told me that I needed to be on my own paying my own rent, going my own way, etc., so they gave me 2 weeks to find a place and the only place I knew I could stay because I didn't have a rental situation figured out and so I went back to the same apartment where I lived 6 months prior now with 2 new room mates. I lived on the couch. This was the second time my parents kicked me out without an eviction.
Those room mates would party a lot and do a lot of drugs, my brother didn't like them either and was trying to get rid of them as well, the drugs that were being consumed from what I was told was bath salts, methamphetamine, cocaine, pills, profuse amounts of alcohol, it was a small apartment too. Many sleepless nights and scary nights.
My brother struggled with finding a new place due to poverty.
With no where to go and no money I couldn't just simply call the cops on those roommates for the fear of retaliation. They were legally savvy and have been to prison, not someone I should be messing with so I remained friends and out of their problems.

Job #3:

I started working at the call center with my brother in August 2012
I moved out of my brothers apartment in March 2013, the new apartment was with one other person whom I got along with and was not too bad.
For the first month working there I was being trained so it wasn't too bad, then next couple months was adjusting to the work flow.
I asked in November 2012 to be accommodated for my injuries in the form of an ergonomic desk. The desk chair didn't have a back support, very worn down, random chairs half of them broken, the desk height was always too high leading to an angle on my wrists, the keyboard was not a split keyboard, and the monitors were not at eye level.
When we were hired our employer handed us a piece of paper stating how a person should sit ergonomically at a work station to prevent injury.
The desks that were ergonomic were for people whom could supply a doctors note for the accommodation of an ergonomic work station.
There was a supply closet in the back that had the equipment in bulk.
There was an I.T. policy that forbid any employee from bringing any of their electronics on the work floor including phones, lap tops, USB sticks, etc., for security reasons but also not allowed to bring our own keyboard, mouse, meaning modify the desks.
So in November 2012 I asked my manager to be accommodated and he told me to go to Human Resources to acquire more information.
So when I go see HR they tell me that I need a doctors note that prescribes and ergonomic work station.
Not knowing where to start I go back to my Workman's Comp facility and ask for a doctors note but tell me they cannot give me a doctors note because I was released from their care for MMI from, the previous workman's comp job. I then just ask for the medical paperwork and wait a week or so to receive it.
I then take the medical paperwork back to HR and they say that this is not a doctors note and therefore I cannot get an ergonomic work station with this paperwork.
So after that I was frustrated and my wrist condition was getting worse so I go see my psychiatrist and ask for a doctors note (to excuse some absences for why I didn't go to work) but he told me that I couldn't see the paperwork and sited the law but asked for even basic information and he got upset and said it again and I was being really nice and professional about it and so he ends the conversation and walks away in an upset manner closing the door right in front of me and so a couple weeks later I get a letter in the mail stating that I will be released from his care in 45 days and will send my medical paperwork to the new psychiatrist. He also stated in the letter that he felt offended because I was treating him like he was lying to me and being disrespectful to him. I later that day go to work and barley make it thru that shift basically about to cry and my hands going numb, basically a panic attack, what did I do that was so wrong, I have also tried to be nice and work with people.
After that I go to my Primary Care Physician (Who is Mormon) and he says that he cannot get me a note for an ergonomic work station or FMLA because it was an issue not qualified under his practice to approve FMLA for.
After that I go to my Mormon Chiropractor desperate because I am in a lot of pain and I get a doctors note from him and get treated by him 3 more times. The last time I was treated the spinal manipulation was done wrong and it cracked wrong and so the visit was ended and I never got treated by him again. I had severe pain and posture problems for weeks after this.
I take the doctors note back to my work and give it to HR and a week or so later I get accommodated for the lower back with a soft chair with back support, raised monitors, and a lowered keyboard tray. When I saw the desk it was missing a split keyboard and ergonomic mouse. I then go see HR and they told me the doctors note didn't include the wrists because it was from a Chiropractor. The keyboard and mouse was in a closet on site and was easily accessible.
After being accommodated for that I then worked for 5 more months being partially accommodated and was unable to work less hours because I didn't have a doctors note for that either so I was forced to work full time unaccommodated.
I then filed for Workman's Comp in October 2013 for my wrists.
I also filed workman's comp for my lower back at my previous employer in July 2013 within 2 years of the injury but the doctor said it was not work related and got the notice of contest but wasn't able to find a doctor to help appeal it.
I went to see another Chiropractor and he told me I need to go see a Workman's Comp Chiropractor. During this time I was also seeing a therapist paid thru the Health Insurance, it only covered 5 visits.
I also went to see an Allergy doctor because of my concerns of taking pain pills and at this point Marijuana was not helping because the medical problems were so severe. It helps for the majority of the time but when my body is pushed past its limits, its pushed past its limits. This doctor was unable to help me because he was an “Allergy” doctor the helps things like food allergies and not a drug interaction allergy specialist.
When I filed workman's comp for my wrists I went to see the same doctor as the last employer and basically was medically treated the same with the exception that I was talking to a Pain Specialist Talk Therapist and I went to a Neurologist to get Carpal Tunnel tests done.
After I was released from Workman's Comp for MMI again I go back to work now with the ergonomic split keyboard and mouse. Total amount of months not being accommodated since being hired around 15 months and 12 months since I requested to be accommodated.
I still had occurred many absences over the fire-able amount but it was not absurd amounts of tardies and absences, I wanted to work and always tried to work with them. At this point they wanted to fire me over the absences and because I didn't have a doctors note to excuse it and was telling HR who I went to and what I asked for and the response I got from the doctors, always kept HR informed.
When it came time I quit in lue of being fired because my manager pulled me aside and told me “What are we going to do about these absences” and then I go talk to HR and argue with them then go back to my Manager and sign the paper to be discharged but would not have signed that (or walked out) if they had not brought that to my attention.

Life after working at Job #3:

I was discharged in March 2014.
I then started to compile all the medical paperwork and typed out an outline of what happened in several packets and sent them to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, Department of Regulatory Agencies and the Workman's Comp Fraud Division.
E.E.O.C. took the first charge against my current employer because I was within the time limits of filing a charge. The other 2 employers chargers were not opened due to not filing within the time limits. I submitted a waiver explaining the reasons why I didn't file in time mainly due to my medical conditions limitations but also intellectually disabled lacking knowledge of how to properly take care of such a situation, no representation.
The D.H.H.S. was denied due to not filing within the time limits as well.
D.O.E. denied it because it wasn't education related but I was instructed to send a packet there anyways.
D.O.R.A. denied it as well.
And Workman's Comp Fraud investigation unit returned mail, and later a phone call to the department, said this wasn't workman's comp fraud.
The E.E.O.C. then proceeded with the current Charge of Discrimination.
I later filed for Unemployment Insurance and was approved around July 2014.
Unemployment Insurance has just ran out as of January 01, 2015.

List of Medical Conditions:

This list of medical conditions I will try to state in chronological order. Some of these injuries are confirmed and some are up for debate. I am trying my best to find out what exactly happened so some of the injuries might not be the “exact wording”, but I hope I can paint an accurate diagnosis.

Behavior problems (child), attacking teachers, can't sit still, vandalization of classroom, getting into trouble, poor grades and performance, etc..
Religious sexual abuse as a child.
Psychological abuse as a child.
Emotionally extorted as a child.
Suicide attempt (child).
Insomnia (started in late elementary school) (not full fledged insomnia can't sleep at all but significant difficulty falling asleep at night, disrupted sleep patterns).
Anxiety.
Social anxiety.
Suicide behavior, cutting, drug abuse, (middle school, high school).
Poor education due to concentration issues and a troubled home life, censorship and not having any enjoyable activities added to the stress of school and work. Below a 3.0 on almost all subjects for all K-12 grades.
Right out of High School to straight poverty and minimum wage supporting my brother who desperately needed help.
Poor living situation after poor living situation.
Absolutely no friends or moral support what so ever. Greatly added to dis-functionality at my jobs and social events.
Assaulted on the job.
Massive Panic attack that led to hospitalization.
Being diagnosed Bi-Polar and prescribed an anti-psychotic within 1 month of the panic attack and within 2 weeks of first meeting my fathers Psychiatrist.
Over 17 months was prescribed 4 atypical anti-psychotics, an SSRI, benzodiazapine, anti-epileptic and a thyroid medication. 8 pharmaceuticals total prescribed.
The list of side effects I believe those pharmaceuticals gave me was.
Gained 40 pounds from 1 pill and later on another 40 pounds from another pill.
Light headed and weak a lot of the time, difficulty standing up from laying down for a long time.
Restless and easily agitated.
At the peak of one pill I had memory blackouts.
Stomach pains similar from the panic attack prior to taking the first pill.
Increase in metabolism to where it felt like I was always hungry, bottomless stomach, increase in acid reflux.
Tingling in my hands and feet and sometimes larger parts of the body, mimicking the numb hand feeling from the panic attack.
Frequent urination.
Very high anxiety.
Muscle spasms, stiff muscles, twitching/tremors in the legs, arms and hands.
Very strong depression.
At one point the pill made me not be able to sleep whatsoever, the feeling was gone.
Problems maintaining Circadian Rhythm.
Intolerance to hot and cold changes.
Feeling flushed and dehydrated, sweating a lot, sometimes at the wrong time it felt.
Trouble concentrating.
Increased adrenaline and many reoccurring panic attacks.
Extreme paranoia and frequent thoughts of suicide.
Hallucinations, light distortions/halos, seizures.
Crying randomly and uncontrollably.
“Serotonin Syndrome” from pill side effects, combinations overlapping.
“Toxidrome”
5 suicide attempts of trying to hang myself and then an inpatient hospital stay, I consider this a side effect/drug overdose induced suicidal episode.
Extreme lack of energy.
Some of the other pills would make me extremely drowsy and dizzy sometimes making me sleep for 12+ hours a day.
Nausea and trouble keeping down food.
Shallow breathing.
Tardive Dyskinesia.
Neurological Malignant Syndrome.
Catatonia/Paralysis.
“Tapping” of my right foot, or my finger or flexing other muscles repeatably when under great anxiety, couldn't stop “tapping” for long periods of time.
Headaches.
Delirious when symptoms were really bad.
Seizure like symptoms when symptoms were really really bad.
Cold “clammy” hands.
Excessive salivation.
Homelessness.
Hypothyroidism.
Allergic reaction to a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (common over the counter pain pill).
Melatonin poisoning.
At one point in time it felt like I was allergic to sunlight.
Athletic induced panic attacks.
Potentially a brain aneurism from the pain pill allergic reaction.
Severe stomach pain.
Difficulty keeping water down.
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Procedure, ESG, Camera down throat.
Anesthesia.
“Tietze Syndrome” of my sternum “cracking” multiple times a day due to the ESG procedure stretching my esophagus.
Really bad acid reflux.
Stomach bleeding.
Alcohol abuse.
Tobacco abuse.
Allergic to many over the counter common cold medicines and a general intolerance towards all pharmaceuticals.
Lower back injury of 3 compressed spine and other damage around the area, compression of nerve leading to tingling in the right leg.
Posture problems.
Trouble walking at one point, can't play sports or be athletic.
At least 1 confirmed hip fracture.
Double carpal tunnel.
Right shoulder strain.
General arthritis “hyper-laxity” of my joints leading to pain in multiple parts of my body.
Peripheral Neropathy.
Knee joint problems.
Restless leg syndrome.
Seasonal Affective Disorder, winter also negatively effects my physical conditions, circadian rhythm problems.
PTSD on multiple issues, bad childhood, sex abuse, multiple serious injuries, suicide attempts, being assaulted, homelessness, poverty, drug overdoses, etc..
OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder symptoms for a very long time.
General eating disorders due to pharmaceutical side effects, poverty conditions, lack of diet education, and cigarettes.
4 Emergency Room visits in 3 years, roughly close to 100 doctors visits now.
I just recently had an MRI done to asses the damage of my lower back and hip.
A lot more doctor visits to come.

List of Living Conditions:

Age 0 to 19 – Living with my parents.
Age 19 to 19.5 – Lived with my brother in a basement at a Mormon house arranged by my parents, October 2007 to May 2008.
Age 19.5 to 20 – Lived at a house briefly with my brother and 2 other roommates, May 2008 to November 2008.
Age 20 – Was when I had that panic attack after the incident at Job #1, January 2009.
Age 20 to 20.5 – I was living alone in an apartment. Unemployed for most of this leasing period, November 2008 to May 2009.
Age 20.5 to 21 – Recent diagnosed Bi-Polar, unemployed, living with my parents, May 2009 to November 2009.
Age just under 21 – I was homeless kicked out of my parents place without 30 days notice for pawning their possessions multiple times, October 2009. During this time I would donate blood plasma and had a job for 5 shifts holding a sign on the side of the road.
Age 21 to 21.5 – Lived with my brother briefly at his house while I was homeless then we got an apartment later on, still unemployed, November 2009 to May 2010.
Age 21.5 to 23.5 – Lived with my brother at an apartment and was working at Job #2, May 2010 to June 2012.
Age 23.5 to 23.9 – Lived with my parents and was not working due to my injuries for two months from June 2012 to August 2012, I was later kicked out without 30 days notice again back to the apartment I was just living at 6 months prior, June 2012 to November 2012.
Age 24 to 24.3 – Lived with my brother at that apartment, November 2012 to March 2013.
Age 24.3 to 25.5 – Lived at an apartment with another person, not my brother, March 2013 to June 2014.
Terminated from Job #3 in March 2014.
Age 25.5 to (Present Day) – I currently live in a basement of a house with my brother, June 2014 to (Present Day January 2015).

Witnesses:

2 Parents.
5 Sisters.
At least 1 extended family, I asked an uncle for help once and explained my situation.
At least 2 Mormon Bishops.
12 Tenants.
6 Landlords.
25 coworkers.
12 or so managers/positions of authority.
5 friends that closely witnessed the events.
A few police officers.
30 different doctors.
6 Insurance Companies and all their employees.

The Different Types of Doctors I have Visited:

Mormon Primary Care Physician. (My whole life)
Emergency Room Visit. (January 2009)
Father's Psychiatrist. (February 2009 – March 2013)
Mormon Therapist. (March 2009)
Inpatient Mental Hospital Stay. (June-July 2009)
Non-Mormon Therapist. (July 2009)
Gastroenterologist. (February 2012)
ESG (Esophagogastroduodenoscopy) Procedure, Anesthesia. (February 2012)
Workman's Comp Doctor for my Wrists. (April 2012)
Mormon Chiropractor. (April 2012)
Urgent Care Facility On Call Doctor. (June 2013)

...(Continued with, My struggles with leaving my large Mormon family. Part 3)...

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