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Going for my Psych eval tomorrow. Hope I pass and i'm not to crazy. Then its one week till my 1st appt with doctor. The waiting is awful!

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The psych eval is the easy part! I was all worried when I went but soon realized I was stressing over nothing! Though to be fair I did really dislike my psych as he kept stressing how I could die from surgery, haha. I could have also died driving to see him. :P

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OMG, I cant believe he would say that, what a butthead. My lady was really nice. She said I passed :) Now only a week till my appt with the doc. How did you handle the waiting. Ive decided i am a very impatient person. :)

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Psych eval was easy peezie....nothing to stress about. She just pretty much talked to me about noticing the signs of depression and how I would deal with depression. She did ask me if I heard voices, which I thought was funny. I asked her if having conversations with myself counted....she laughed. Nothing to worry about unless you tell her that you talk to invisable clowns, and they tell you to do bad things, you'll be fine. She told me while in her office that she was going to approve me for surgery so there was no waiting and wondering. Good luck and don't worry.

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Best of luck to you!! Yes it was easy. I was asked a lot of questions and had to take a multiple choice test that was over 160 questions. It went pretty fast though.

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My phych eval was probably the easiest thing I did. Good luck!!! It's pretty simple just be honest.

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Elizabeth,

I see you just had surgery 2-days ago and wanted to see how you made out? Very excited for you, must be a huge relief to have it done.

My phych eval was probably the easiest thing I did. Good luck!!! It's pretty simple just be honest.

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