I'm doing my full psych eval today (m)
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| Thu, 10-20-2005 - 7:07am |
and seeing my pdoc for the 1st time as well at noon. I'm nervous about it because I've never been through a full psych eval before. Has anyone been through this? Can you tell me what to expect?
I'm feeling more and more comfy with my tdoc and she is really nice. I go in for my appointments every Tuesday at 11am and basically I just talk to her about whatever I feel like. Sometimes I wish she would ask me questions for me to answer because I'll just talk and talk and talk about nothing really important. I mean she'll ask me how I've been over the last week and so I tell her but that is the only question she asks. Should she be asking more or am I just supposed to talk about anything that really isn't important? She ended up telling me about 2 weeks ago that I'm hypermanic but it was normal because I just got a job and I'm actually doing more and there was no reason to be worried about me harming myself. Well I didn't mean it but I did accidentally cut my wrist at work and I also fell on my knee at work. Maybe I've just become very accident prone.
For the rest of this week I'm going to be busy between sleep & work because I have to make my home presentable to family and friends for Jeremiah's 9th b-day party on Saturday. Now it may not seem like a big deal but it is because I'm still playing catch up to a month worth of laundry that I didn't do because 2 weeks I was depressed and the other 2 I was struggling with my new work/home schedule. Not only that but basic maintainence to the house like dishes, vacuuming, picking up stuff, making sure the kitchen is clean and the bathroom too. Now Jeff is good for keeping the livingroom clean and he's been doing more to keep our bedroom clean to, Jeremiah is keeping


Hey Christina,
I've gone through TWO complete separate psych evaluations when I was in the psych ward a couple years ago. Funny thing too, they both said the same thing...lol. Nothing to them really...Mine were both L-O-N-G written tests, that had these questions on them that try to trick you...just put the answer that FIRST COMES TO YOUR MIND. DO NOT THINK ABOUT THEM too long or too hard. If you don't take the tests, and just talk to a pdoc, just be very honest and very open with them about EVERYTHING that is going on and has been going on with you, including your inability to even do housework sometimes. Believe me, I CAN RELATE to that one!
Best of luck, honey and come back and let us know what happens when you have time, okay?
Its good to hear from you!
Love and Hugs,
Keli
Christina,
Don't sweat the eval--just be honest and if they have tests, like Keli says don't overthink but go with your 1st answer.