I'm still working on getting mentally ready for being a sleever, and even still deciding if it is absolutely for me. I believe it is, and I am excited about it, but I want to walk into things with eyes wide open, you know.

Lately the psych eval has worried me some. I know that I do have emotional eating issues. Mostly what has always gotten to me was feeling hungry and feeling deprived. Those are two different things. I am hoping the sleeve cuts down on the hunger issues as I learn better portion control, but there are still many emotional eating issues I have to deal with. Such as, one time when I was at work and I felt really ticked off at a fellow nurse for cutting me up and making me feel stupid, I stopped at the gas station and picked up a bunch of doughnuts and ate a LOT of them on the way home, all the while thinking, "I deserve these, I had such a terrible night!" Yes, I had a tiny voice inside saying, "Uh, no, you deserve NOT to have them because they are bad for you." but I shut that voice up really fast because I wanted that carb and sugar overload to make me feel better. THAT is something that has to be dealt with and stopped.

But if I am in the psych eval and tell about a situation like this, will they say I am not ready for the sleeve? I'm ready to deal with the issues and overcome them so the sleeve can work, but it's true that I have always been an overeater for many reasons. I eat when I am happy and at a family get-together, and I eat when I am frustrated, sometimes when I am bored and there is a lot of good food in the house (good meaning JUNKY). There are several eating problems I have to get at the root of and stop.

I just don't want my psych eval to mess things up. I haven't even gotten approval from my insurance yet, but I've been starting to make tiny changes in what I eat. I'm drinking more Water, walking away from the candy corn and getting Peanut Butter on apple slices instead. Just small changes, like trying to eat smaller portions NOW. Though I confess at times I start eating a lot of chocolate because I find myself thinking, "I won't be able to eat this after I get my sleeve...not this much anyway." That bothers me! What is it about QUANTITY that makes such a difference? I have spent a lifetime eating until I feel sick and I don't want this anymore, but it truly has been a lifetime habit and it's hard to get my body to understand that it's not normal to eat until you feel like you're going to barf, and certainly NOT what I want to be doing when I get sleeved!

I feel confident that I can overcome these addictions, and I will be working with a nutritionist and whatever else I have to do to learn to live better. I am willing to get the trigger foods out of the house and learn new ways of cooking. Absolutely! I know I will probably eat some goodies now and then, but I don't want them running my life anymore, and I don't want eating to be about large quantities anymore.

Will saying it that way be enough for a psychologist to understand that I'm ready for this change?

Thanks!

"there are still many emotional eating issues I have to deal with"

Friend, who on this board, who has gone through the Psyc eval, that this did not apply to???

We ALL have a crazy head when it comes to food.

What they are looking for are things like: do you have a supportive environment; can you understand and follow the 'complexities' of the plan while recovering; are you ready to make a long-term (forever) committment...

And in reading your post YOU PASS!

Be honest, tell the truth and Rock On!

Here's a video I made discussing what I went through when I took the psy eval. It may ease your concerns.

Edited October 9, 201312 yr by joatsaint

Thanks for the video explanation, joatsaint! I am pretty early on in the process and the psych eval is one of the next thing on my list.

Most psych evaluations are actually a breeze to go through - mine was. We just talked about my expectations after the sleeve and what I was looking to get out of it. If you're not ready to change, then that's where the problem comes in, but it sounds like you ARE ready to make that change, so good for you!

Thanks for the post and the replies. I'm hoping to hear back from the office today so I can start to get these kind of pre-op appointments scheduled. Excited and nervous a.ll at the same time but ,softly mostly excited I'm ready to take this big step forward to the next chapter of my life.

Edited October 10, 201312 yr by lauri407

Most psych evaluations are actually a breeze to go through - mine was. We just talked about my expectations after the sleeve and what I was looking to get out of it. If you're not ready to change' date=' then that's where the problem comes in, but it sounds like you ARE ready to make that change, so good for you![/quote']

Mine was not so easy.. I got denied he said since I've always been dependent on WL pills like phentermine that I have "never actually tried" myself :/ so it's a no until I "deal" with my emotional eating problems! Im so sad I have been crying all day. I have to see him again in there