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tags: [atlas, personal-context, health, fmla]
type: area
created: 2026-05-15
sensitive: true
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# Health and Medical Leave

## Current context

Will has shared that:

- He has difficulties sleeping.
- He takes medicine every day for depression and anxiety.
- He currently only has PCP support for medical/mental-health care.
- He has a Zoom call with a practitioner to get medication refilled.
- He needs to find/book a psychiatrist/shrink.
- He needs to book a hearing check appointment.
- He needs to book an eye appointment because he may need new glasses/lenses.
- His current medical/mental condition prevents him from being able to do his job as a Cloud Support Engineer.
- He is trying to set up 3 months of leave/FMLA for medical reasons.

## Assistant support boundaries

Atlas can help with:

- Organizing tasks and timelines
- Drafting messages to HR, managers, doctors, or benefits providers when Will asks
- Tracking forms, appointments, and follow-ups
- Breaking overwhelming admin work into small steps
- Creating reminders only after explicit approval

Atlas should not:

- Pretend to be a clinician
- Give medical diagnosis or treatment advice
- Send messages or handle medical/legal documents externally without explicit consent
- Moralize, nag, or turn recovery into a productivity grind

## Trackers

- [[Medical Appointment Tracker]] — PCP/FMLA, medication refill, psychiatrist, hearing, and eye appointments
- [[FMLA Monday Appointment Playbook]] — Monday PCP/FMLA appointment outreach

## FMLA / leave tracker

Use this section for future updates.

### Open questions

- [ ] Which employer/benefits portal or HR process is involved?
- [ ] What forms are needed?
- [ ] What doctor/clinician documentation is needed?
- [ ] What deadlines exist?
- [ ] Who needs to be notified and when?

### Work contacts

- Manager: Alex Tierney

### Current blocker

- Need a doctor appointment for medical leave/FMLA support.
- PCP is booked until late this month.

### Possible next steps

- Call PCP clinic and ask for cancellations/waitlist, same-team provider, telehealth, or urgent appointment for leave paperwork.
- Ask whether another clinician in the same practice can document functional impairment and complete FMLA forms.
- Use [[FMLA Monday Appointment Playbook]] to tackle appointment outreach on Monday.
- If symptoms are urgent or worsening, consider urgent care, crisis support, or a behavioral health appointment rather than waiting for the PCP.

### Timeline

- 2026-05-15: Will shared that he is trying to set up 3 months of leave/FMLA for medical reasons.
- 2026-05-15: Current blocker is getting a doctor appointment; PCP is booked until late this month.
