Hey, I have my Eval 5-21-08, Does anyone know what that's all about?????:confused2:

Let's not even go there. Because of that one thing, I ended up in Mexico, paying cash. Today, I am 80 pounds less and no longer depressed.

My eval was quick and painless. They wanted to know if I ever thought about suicide,been treated for mental illness and there were questions about how long I've been overweight. I guess they want to make sure you can handle the life changes that are ahead. I'm sure you will do fine. Good luck

I really enjoyed my psych eval. She went over my medical & social history . She talked to me about having a long term plan in place after the "honeymoon" period of the lap band is over. We also talked about keeping your mind & body on the same page after surgery. She told me about the problems some people have w/ alcohol, gambling, etc afterwards and asked me to promise to come back if those things became an issue. I was supposed to take a test ($180), but she decided against it saying I didn't need to. I found the experience very enlightening, interesting, and I learned a few things, too.

Mine was great. Very nice counselor talked to me about 30 minutes. She was very personable and we seemed to more or less chit chat. Hopefully you will get somebody as sweet as I did. Good Luck!!!

Mine was about a ten page quiz with weird questions. Then the Physch. came in and we talked a bit about a few things. The only thing that he was concerned about was when I told him I was very surprised that I didn't miss diet coke (after drinking tons of for years), he likened me to an alcoholic. (I've never drank alcohol, ever!) Whatever. I passed with no problem, though I don't know the criteria needed to pass.

i had my eval last week on 4/17 and i was approved by insurance co. yesterday... eval consisted of a 500 true/false questionare and then an hour long talk with the dr. --wanting to make sure that i had done my research and that i knew what some of the complications could be and that i was ready to change my lifestyle to make this tool for losing weight work, asked me if i was ever depressed or suicidal...nothing too hard to answer...alot of the questions he asked were funny to me..i passed with flying colors just had to wait for the report to be typed up and sent to the bariatric center

as of to date i have had to do 4 evals with the psyc, just mention you have had/have a family member with mental illness, bam next thing there chasing YOU around with with big butterfly net nets ..I kid you not!

Mine was fast and easy. We talked about an hour about all sorts of things including my expectations for surgery, my history, any health issues, my family's mental health history, and my expectations after surgery. I told him I have taken medication for depression in the past and my father suffers from depression, and he still said he thought I was a good candidate for surgery. I had no written part to my evaluation either.

Good luck to you!

Well I was already seeing a shrink for some other things, so it was no big deal for me. She just bascially had to say that I was aware of all the changes that I would have to make and that she is confident that I am able to make my own decisions regarding my health.

Wow, these psych evals seem to run the gamut! I have mine May 14, still not totally sure what to expect but I'll post afterward.......

I was going to ask the same question. Maybe they are concerned that you will have unrealistic expectations?:confused2:

Vee,

I mentioned that my mom has Manic Depression, OCD and so many other things and they let me pass with just a sentence about how I have to eat breakfast and lunch. Not just wait until dinner and make bad on the run choices. Still working on it. She never even commented about my mom's problems.