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 Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:01 pm
My doctor has referred me to a psychiatrist for an assessment. My appointment should be within a few weeks.
My reason for being referred is that I Self-harm and also feel suicidal.
Can anyone tell me what to expect?
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:42 pm
You'll be asked a series of assesment questions about how you're feeling and what you're experiencing. It shouldn't be too bad, at least it wasn't for me. After that point your doc and you will start working on thinking about a course of treatment and discussing things you can do to help yourself feel better.
As with anything: If anything that's going on makes you feel uncomfortable, SAY SO.
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:10 pm
The assessment is kinda' hard, in that the person is going to ask you a whole lot of personal questions while you don't really know them very well. My advice is to prepare yourself to answer hard questions. Maybe write down some things that you know are hard to talk about, so that you can give them the piece of paper when you feel like you can't share it.
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:35 pm
Definitely I think writing things down is incredibly helpful, like Kudzu said...
Pretty much they'll ask you things like:
how do you feel?
do you think about suicide/tried/whatever?
do you have any good friends?/what do you do at school?/other social-like questions
that I can remember...but I'm really horrible with therapy...I always miss appointments and I hate going like there's no tomorrow...so I can't give the best advice...it's horrible crying
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Intellectual Elocutionist
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:51 pm
Write the answers that are tough to talk about down when you are asked. It is much easyer and helps me at lest stay away from a catatonic state.
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 1:20 pm
Yeah... they ask you tons of questions. If I remember right, the first time you meet with them is usually an hour long, and they ask you tons and tons of questions. They start off with general things, like where you go to school, what classes you're taking... that sort of thing. They're trying to figure out what interests you, what you don't like, what factors might possibly make your situation worse. It's kind of hard since you've just met the person, but it really is best if you're as completely truthful as possible about everything so they can accurately diagnose, and make up a plan of how to help you.
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:48 am
I hate "head doctors," as I call them. *shiver*
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:17 pm
choirofsteeloranges I hate "head doctors," as I call them. *shiver* I suppose it's your choice, but a lot of people have been helped a great deal by the "head doctors".
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 7:45 am
Sometimes they let you fill out a little sheet with checkmarks. Sometimes, they don't. If they give you the sheet to fill out in the waiting room, be thankful. There's a lot of stuff on there that's hard to talk about up-front, but it's easier, at least for me, to just check it off on a piece of paper. Like, if they ask if you've ever tried to kill yourself, I for one would be panicked at telling the truth to someone's face.
If they talk to you, and don't want you to have any other option than saying it out loud, don't worry about crying in front of them. They're there to help you.
I don't know how your particular experience will be, but that's how my experiences have gone. They're only there to help, not screw with your mind or make fun of you. Trust them, and don't lie to them. Ever. That's the best advice I can give you.
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