Friedman Michael K

Very kind. Understood my concerns and helped me deal with a very difficult time. My highest ranking.

I saw Dr Michael K Friedman on 3÷11÷2011. Friedman does IME“S for the State of Wa. I took a tape recorder with me and the tape tells a very different story about the IME than what Friedman submitted to LNI. Friedman’s IME was used to segregate depression from my claim. I told everyone from Gregoire and Inslee (both gov.) on down about what I had on a tape recording from my IME. OH I told everyone who would listen. DOH, 4 police departments, two prosecuting attorneys, LNI, Dept of Justice and so on. Not one person offered me immunity in exchange for the tape recording (s) that tells the story of what goes on behind a closed door with no witnesses allowed. Instead when I used the word tape recording you would have thought that I just had said that I thought Charles Manson should be released and given a grant to open a day care.
WA ST put a WAC in place just for injured workers and it states that we can’t tape record, have a witness or video tape these psy IME’s. That means that you are forced to go to these IME’s or loose your benefits. Volunteer nothing. Keep your answers short.
Dr Friedman interrupted me repeatedly. Lead me with a choice of questions such as «HOW ARE YOUR THOUGHTS THESE DAYS? ARE THEY NORMAL FOR YOU OR ARE YOU HAVING RACINGS THOUGHTS?
TOLD ME «LOOK LOOK LOOK; YOU’VE BEEN SAVVEY ALL YOUR LIFE. YOU’VE HAD TWO FAILED MARRIGES, YOU RAISED TWO KIDS ON YOUR OWN; YOU’VE STRUGGLED AND YOU’VE ALWAYS GOTTEN BY. PEOPLE DEAL WITH FRUSTATION ALL THE TIME. IS THIS NEW FOR YOU?
INTERUPTED any time I went some where he didn’t want me to go. Stated he couldn’t get a cognitive history from me as I would go off on tangents. Stated he couldn’t get a word in edgewise. Stated I arrived on time for my appointment and then just up and went out to my car, so we ended up starting late. Not True. Dr Friedman was the one that was late. Stated that although testing did not support any personality disorders and that I had never presented myself to anyone else this way, (just him) that I was a woman out of control and slipping into a psychotic state. And I had a pre-​existing personality disorder.
And of course the depression, anxiety and PTSD symptoms were not related to the job of injury. My doctor did a letter of non-​concurrence with his report stating that she STRONGLY DISAGREED WITH HIS REPORT AND IT WAS CONNECTED TO THE JOB OF INJURY.
If you are going to medical IME take a priest, minister, or a friend in law enforcement with you. Attorneys and your attending doctor are not allowed. Taking a friend, spouse or partner with you isn’t going to help you.
These IME’s can close your claim, leave you without medical care, treatment and benefits. These IME’s that can be used to close your claim are done to try and starve you out and leave you without a way to defend yourself. Until someone will listen and change this WAC; the discrediting can continue. Stand up for yourself and take a tape recorder with you. If you are treated fairly than you can toss the tape, but if your IME was like mine; you will be glad that you broke a WAC and will have documentation.
PS
don’t be fooled by someone coming and giving Friedman a 5 star review. Check out other websites with his name and you will see whenever he receives a bad review, someone gives him a rave review. Note on one website there are two five star reviews input on the same day at about 11:30 & 11: 32 PM. Anyway with in minutes of each other. Get Real.