How does the psych eval go?

[sleepyjean 0]

I have to see a social worker for an eval in two weeks. Is there a point to this, or should I just accept that it's an hour of my life I'll never have back?

[Kim_8 2]

I had to take a written and computer test equivalent to about 900 questions or so. Questions were pretty straight forward...

Do you think people are watching you?

Do you think there's a conspiracy against you?

Do you wig out in closed spaces?

etc.

etc.

No big deal - I did enjoy talking to the psychiatrist who gave me info on what to expect in the way of success and how to get there. He told me a meal for me would be 7 bites - I still can't believe that will be true :-). We'll see!!!

[Dody 0]

Mine was about an hour of answering question on a computer...pretty basic, and then a conversation with the psychologist who let me see my scores and told me I was ready for the surgery. Good thing to get out of the way, but nothing to worry about.

[Aristocat 0]

They want to see if you are in your right mind. I made jokes with mine the whole time.

I remember he asked why I was here and I said, "you need to determine if I'm crazy."

I sat and talked and he asked family history question about, depression, suicide and what not.

I ended the session with.. "So, how crazy am I?" LOL

[MerryHearted 20]

The psych eval seems to vary from practice to practice. My clinic seemed to focus on depression. They wanted to pre-diagnose anyone who was depressed so they can help you with it, as losing weight while depressed is difficult and frankly most really obese people battle depression to some degree. The counselor also wanted to know if you had fears about the anesthesia or having a foreign object (band) in your body so she could talk to you about it and encourage you to let the anesthesiologist know how you felt, etc. Overall the purpose was not to "weed out the crazies" so much as to know what your issues are so they can help you have the greatest success possible with the band.

But that was the clinic I went to... just depends on the clinic I guess. Our clinic has the psychiatrist at all of the support group meetings so you can follow up with her if you are struggling.