mental health visit

wllssctt · December 21, 2007

:confused:i was told by kaiser that i would be sent to see a mental health provider in feb 08. what i would like to know is what to execpt in this visit? would be very thankful for any info.

TabithasMom · December 21, 2007

I am interested in this too. I just filled out a form for Kaiser for my psych visit. They seemed like pretty straightforward questions.

Let us know what happens in O8

Vicki J · December 22, 2007

I had my psych evaluation in August 07. It's a pretty straight forward thing. They seem to be looking for the fact that you know what you are getting into. They go over the emotional eating thing, do you have any people who are addicts, alcoholics, etc. in your family - that type of stuff. One of the things that they are looking for is that you fit what they think is the type of person who can succeed with the band. Therefore, if they hear words that tell them you eat emotionally or that you have a lot of family/life issues they become concerned. I don't think that they would ever cancel you permanently unless they thought you would be doing yourself harm if you got one - i.e. anorixia or something like that. The band does take some work so that you can succeed and from the sounds of it getting stuck isn't the place to be. I've only been banded for 9 days so I'm still on liquids and I don't want to go to the stuck place.

If you are a person who has a lot of problems with emotional eating, they want to get you the help you need to work through those problems. Again, they are doing this to try to help you succeed. I didn't feel that any of the questions were "trick" questions. It's pretty straight forward.

My daughter has had some emotional issues and is having to complete some classes before she gets banded. She is comfortable with this which is good because it has put off her surgery for months. Don't let that get you worried because the whole process is taking months now. She wants to get the issues resolved because she doesn't want to go through surgery just to be in the same place she is now.

I have read of people who did not recognize their emotional ties to food and have become depressed because they don't know how to handle their problems after banding. I'm just rambling here so please don't take offense.

Once again, the psych appointment is pretty easy. Just listen to the question and realize that they are on your side.

I hope this helps.

Satyrngyrl · December 26, 2007

I loved my appt. My therapist listened and reinforced that I had done my homework and reminded me many times that post surgery was going to be a whole new world. Indeed, it has been so far...