Agenda

I. Moving towards Effexor; increasing Klonopin, Lamictal

II. Physicians appointment
Issues with the pot doctor (Dr. Park) and Dr. Wang and Dr. Parks request for a L
Letter from a psychiatrist (or, maybe, a physician); I dont really know if this
matters, or not
Discuss cannabis usage (including the efficacy of the topicals)
III. Financial situation
My moms estate is completely ruined and if I get any money out of it, it probably
wont be for at least another year. Plus, Im just about broke, but I need to contact
an old friend of my dads and confess my situation to him so that I can access
funds in a retirement account that my dad held before his death.
IV. Disability (financial situation continued)
If I could get disability, then that would relieve a lot of financial pressure on me,
but Ive had trouble getting disability in the past. I am really upset: I paid into
Federal Social Security, I paid into Illinois State disability, and I paid into
California disability, and yet I cant get SSDI or California Disability or even SSI.
I havent worked since 12/2008; I cant work now; and I feel like I already paid
for disability insurance to help me in this situation, but now the Government
wont come through with the disability payments.
I have a medical history here: suicide attempt and subsequent mental
hospitalization (1999); complete mental breakdown, near suicide attempt, and
medical withdrawal from Washington University, St. Louis for psychiatric reasons
(2001); complete mental breakdown and medical withdrawal from University of
California, Berkeley for psychiatric reasons (2008); no gainful employment since
2008; and now another complete mental breakdown with no ability to work
(2015).
Maybe if you (Dr. May) know a disability lawyer, then I can go to him/her for
help.
I had tried to get things together before the recent troubles, but I couldnt; I put
the resume together, researched jobs, made a facebook & linkedin page, and
contacted the old boss. Now I have psychological uneasiness about emailing my
old boss to let him know that I cant get it together (-> further financial worries
due to further worries over ever being able to work as an actuary again)
V. Handout on psychedelics and such