impy, you tried your best. i'm impressed you let the 'avolitional' thing slide. the president thing - it's the mini mental state exam - who is the president (the australian version has a little asterisk and says "substitute prime minister if required"), the one before him, can you tell me the date etc. austin-t tries it with me every time (and i get grouchy at him) but i never get the date right. i dont even try. apparently this shows i'm not of sound mind. dimwits.

my experience getting onto the pension sounds similar to yours, though. he's probably a first year intern or something - next year i'll be able to do assessments for other ppl - bizarre, right? you get your list of questions, ask them, record answers, etc. what got me through was the list of 13meds i've been on. i think the psych (she was surely my age, if not younger) got scared (oh the scary deli is going to eats you) and was like, well if you've been on this many then certainly you are crazy and unable to function. which served it's purpose (i got the pension) even if i had to grit my teeth and try not to educate her at the same time.

your doc/examier/question reading boy sounds like he understood you and was listening, so it sounds promising. i will keep my fingers crossed for you. i think you did well.