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Old Jul 28, 2013, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by MdngtRain View Post
I had to recently have a random eval for disability. I was outrageously anxious before-hand, especially because the letter had me seeing a male evaluator (causes me huge anxiety), but it wasn't that bad. I ended up talking to a female psychologist (I had also initially been told it was a psychiatric assessment, not psychological). The whole thing took about 30 minutes. She asked a bunch of history questions, and covered the current stuff a bit also. None of it went into too much detail, so none of it was very triggering for me.
My eval seemed very random to me too, because I currently see a therapist regularly. My worker said she wanted it because I had been to the hospital recently without a psychiatric follow-up (the resources the hospital gave me had a 2-month waiting list). I had also gotten letters stating that various providers had not sent in my records, and I needed to follow-up with them to see if I could get it faster. I have a lot of anxiety talking on the phone to strangers, so it freaked me out to have to make 4 or 5 phone calls. I finally called them, only to find they had sent the records over a week ago. When I called my worker, she said that she had gotten all the records after she sent me the letters. She confirmed that they will often send out letters preemptively to make sure they get everything.
I would suggest trying to lessen the anxiety and go through with the assessment if you can. Any extra evidence you have stating you need the disability will help them decide on things. Also, I would suggest trying to call your worker again and making a connection. It helps a lot if your worker is also in favor or you getting disability... I know it's hard to make that call, especially since your worker sounds a little frustrated with the job, but maybe you can call and find a reason to have a conversation?
Good luck!!
I wouldn't even know my case worker's name, except I got it from my psychologist....from the letter he sent him when he requested my records...he has not put it on the letters he has sent to me (yup, he has not even bothered electronically signing them...aka, typing his name in), which essentially means to me "I am taking NO personal interest in your case."

I know I am seeing a psychologist for the eval...the man has a Ph.D behind his name, although I can't find out much about him online besides his age. I just really hope he asks me nothing inappropriate in front of my father. I am an adult for god's sake and no, my father does not need or want to know every aspect of my life. Supposedly they want to know more about my daily activities, but since I am anxious and super depressed I don't DO much of anything...which I think has been covered by my three drs on 2 separate forms plus their records, me on 3 seperate forms, and the form they asked my father to fill out. But I live alone so if they are looking for anything even MORE specific, as they seem to be, only I would know that.

I am supposed to call some number and confirm I will be there, which I will do Monday, but I don't know if I will be speaking with my case worker directly or not when I call. (In my state everyone gets a NO the first time, no matter what, so there is very little point to this, really.) Anyway, I wll see what I can do about speaking with him.

Thanks for your experience and advice, and I am glad your eval did go okay...good luck!!
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