Capricious1
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? I now live in Arkansas, but lived in Texas when this happened.
Here is my question. I went to work in 1995 for a company based in Calafornia. I was fired from that company for not returning phone calls and keeping up with account properly because I lied to my boss about attending and event when I was not able to because of my condition. Let me explain. In 1992, I started hearing voices and it was about the time the company I worked for then laid me off. This was expected as the company was sold and everyone was laid off. I suffered with the condition and saw a doctor on a regular basis from 1992 until present. However, my condition was still with me in 1995 when I went to work for 10 months or until summer of 1996 when I was fired. The problems that I was having had lightened up just before I went to work in 1995, but psychosis and the voices increased while working. They did so much so that I was afraid of telling anyone except my doctor all the crazy thoughts and trouble I was having. I was fired in 1996 and eventually tried to get disability, which I did sometime in 1999. The letter from Social Security Disability stated that they did not have enough evidence for disability until 1997, even though I was unable to work in 1995 as I stated when I filed for disability. They based there findings on a new set of doctors information from 1997 and I don't think they used the information from the 1989 doctor which I was seeing in 1992 and up until 1997, when I changed because that doctor said I was beyond his skill level and need to see an expert in the field. I have 4 conditions relating to mental health and in my opinion, they were all present back to 1992 when the major one relating to the voices started.
Here is what I am wondering. I was having so much psychosis and fear and unable to talk about any of this until they stopped in 2004 when I discovered the the voices condition was related to my childhood abuse. I tracked down a missing memory and bingo, they stopped along with the psychosis. I have just always wondered if I would have had a case back then for them firing me. I did tell someone, but not my boss that I had a a mentally ill condition, but no one else ever knew. I wanted to tell them when I was fired, but the voices kept me locked away in fear so much that I was unalbe to do anything except that I was fired and move forward. I am right. Correct. There was nothing I could have done back then because I never told my boss, just lied to him about attending and event and when he discovered that I lied, he fired me.
One last question relating to all of this. In 1999, I received disability. I now receive a check for both me and my daughter which was 3 years old back in 1999, but did not let my wife file on me because she planned on working. She now works, but would like to quit working. Can she still file on me and can we get extra money. I currently receive about $2,100.00 total each month. $1,350 is mine, and $750 is my daughters or somewhere there abouts. Can my wife quit her job and file one me and receive a check like me and my daughter do each month? Also, is there a limit to what one family can receive? I think i read that somewhere. I had a good paying job when I worked in my life, if you need to know that info. Also, if I am still on disability, which I may still be when my daughter turns 18 and all payments to her stop, can my wife file on me then? She can not be working in a full time job and file on me, can she? I thought about making her a caregiver or stating her as that if need be either now or in 9 years when my daughter turns 18 and stops receiving a check. Can I do that? My daughters check does stop at 18 regardless of weather or not she is still living with us and going to college. Right?
Advise please.
Here is my question. I went to work in 1995 for a company based in Calafornia. I was fired from that company for not returning phone calls and keeping up with account properly because I lied to my boss about attending and event when I was not able to because of my condition. Let me explain. In 1992, I started hearing voices and it was about the time the company I worked for then laid me off. This was expected as the company was sold and everyone was laid off. I suffered with the condition and saw a doctor on a regular basis from 1992 until present. However, my condition was still with me in 1995 when I went to work for 10 months or until summer of 1996 when I was fired. The problems that I was having had lightened up just before I went to work in 1995, but psychosis and the voices increased while working. They did so much so that I was afraid of telling anyone except my doctor all the crazy thoughts and trouble I was having. I was fired in 1996 and eventually tried to get disability, which I did sometime in 1999. The letter from Social Security Disability stated that they did not have enough evidence for disability until 1997, even though I was unable to work in 1995 as I stated when I filed for disability. They based there findings on a new set of doctors information from 1997 and I don't think they used the information from the 1989 doctor which I was seeing in 1992 and up until 1997, when I changed because that doctor said I was beyond his skill level and need to see an expert in the field. I have 4 conditions relating to mental health and in my opinion, they were all present back to 1992 when the major one relating to the voices started.
Here is what I am wondering. I was having so much psychosis and fear and unable to talk about any of this until they stopped in 2004 when I discovered the the voices condition was related to my childhood abuse. I tracked down a missing memory and bingo, they stopped along with the psychosis. I have just always wondered if I would have had a case back then for them firing me. I did tell someone, but not my boss that I had a a mentally ill condition, but no one else ever knew. I wanted to tell them when I was fired, but the voices kept me locked away in fear so much that I was unalbe to do anything except that I was fired and move forward. I am right. Correct. There was nothing I could have done back then because I never told my boss, just lied to him about attending and event and when he discovered that I lied, he fired me.
One last question relating to all of this. In 1999, I received disability. I now receive a check for both me and my daughter which was 3 years old back in 1999, but did not let my wife file on me because she planned on working. She now works, but would like to quit working. Can she still file on me and can we get extra money. I currently receive about $2,100.00 total each month. $1,350 is mine, and $750 is my daughters or somewhere there abouts. Can my wife quit her job and file one me and receive a check like me and my daughter do each month? Also, is there a limit to what one family can receive? I think i read that somewhere. I had a good paying job when I worked in my life, if you need to know that info. Also, if I am still on disability, which I may still be when my daughter turns 18 and all payments to her stop, can my wife file on me then? She can not be working in a full time job and file on me, can she? I thought about making her a caregiver or stating her as that if need be either now or in 9 years when my daughter turns 18 and stops receiving a check. Can I do that? My daughters check does stop at 18 regardless of weather or not she is still living with us and going to college. Right?
Advise please.
