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Originally Posted by jenrobbar951
Tuesday is my Psych eval and I am dreading it......why? Because I am horrified of Psychologist/Psychiatrist/Psychotherapists. I started seeing a Psychotherapist about a month ago but due to his schedule, I havent returned to see him. Probably a good thing too because he was answering cell phone calls and calling other patients during our session. Anyway, just wanted to find out how other people felt during their psych eval. Thanks!  |
First of all, I would not return to that therapist; he was being very unprofessional, and may have even breached HIPAA regulations by speaking to other patients in your presence.
My advice to you, having been on both sides of "the couch," is to choose who you go to according to *your* needs. If you're just after a clearance for your surgery, as most people are, find out the *minimum* requirement for your insurer and your surgeon, and schedule with a person of that qualification. I mean this: If you just need an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor), why go to a psychologist (non-medication treatments for mental or emotional disorders) or a psychiatrist (medical treatment of the same)? Let alone a psychotherapist, whose practice is (or should be) geared toward long-term talk therapies and adjustment disorders.
Since you do seem depressed in your responses and indicate that you're already seeking treatment, you may want to find someone for your eval separate from your regular mental health professional if you're worried they'll make you wait.
However, mental health treatment is *not* a disqualification for WLS. What they are trying to determine is if you understand what you're doing, you can handle the responsibilities and emotional stress of living with the choice, and that you are not so self-destructive that you will do something like binge eat afterward and cause yourself medical problems.
Personally, I've been on antidepressants for nine years, with a lifelong history of Major Depressive Disorder and comorbid Axis-II personality disorders, so I just had my psychiatrist (at the time) talk about it with me and she wrote the rec. The strange situations people are describing here (odd questions, and MMPI personality tests) are probably the result of perfectly healthy people seeing therapists who don't know them at all!
I hope that I've been able to help. I do urge you not to delay treating your depression for WLS, though. You need both.
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