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Me and my friend are both having our psychiatric evaluations in the morning...we are at a hotel because we live a couple of hours away and my appointment is at 7:45 a.m. I will let you know how it works!

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Mine is tomorrow too. Hope I don't talk myself out of this...

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Weird you say that...I'm lying in this hotel room wondering if I can really go through with it...the surgery! Am I just wasting my time? The world will still go on with me being overweight. Losing weight sounds wonderful and I am tired of being ashamed of the way I look and feel, but is it worth the counting, tracking, watching etc. and that's with everything going smoothly. Someone mentioned heart palpitations if you don't drink enough??? Seems like I will be more obsessed with food after surgery. I will let you know my progress!

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Psych evaluation was pretty basic...I talked to the psychologist for an hour...we talked about what I knew about the surgery, did I understand I could die, loose skin, support system, drug or alcohol use and diet and exercise. After I had a about a thirty minute questionnaire!

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My psych eval is next Wed. They said it will be a three hour visit! I cannot image what we are going to talk about.

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Mine went well, I guess. She talked about the surgery some, and my weight, some. Mostly she talked about the stress in my life. A whole hour about bills, traffic, relationships and obligations and my siblings. Not too impressed. Gotta go back next week and fill out a 250 questionnaire to see if I am angry or depressed...(What??) I was thinking before I left the office, "And I missed General Hospital for this?"....

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My psych eval was Monday. It was ok. It lasted 1 hour. The doctor and I just talked. He took a lot of notes....asked me about my life, starting from the beginning to now. Of course we also spoke about the surgery and what I expected it to do for me. I did the questionnaire prior to visiting him (he emailed it to me so I could have it done before the visit). Pretty simple. Shouldn't be anything to worry about! Good luck!

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My eval was pretty basic I answered about 1000+ questions about depression,suicide, healthy eating, support and addiction. Then I talked to the Dr. For about 10 mins he asked my highest weight, where my husband worked, if I knew I would look and feel different after the surgery and that's about it. Good luck everyone :)

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I am so glad I didn't have a 1000 questions!

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