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ECHOES said:
Nervousness is okay! You'll be alright.

Probably there will be some paperwork, especially if insurance is involved. They may send it to you ahead of time to fill out and bring in (you could call and ask them to do that) or they may ask or you may choose to arrive early to fill it out. Usually this is done in the waiting room at your own pace.

The psychiatrist will ask you to describe your symptoms (there are no wrong answers) how long you've been experiencing these symptoms, and how they affect you, intererfere with your life (there are no wrong answers). He/she may ask about any family history of similar symptoms for which your family members may or may not have received treatment (there are no wrong answers).
He/she may ask how you are sleeping, he may ask why you think you might be having the symptoms your having (there are no wrong answers).

It will be a friendly discussion, a gathering of information for the doctor in order to help you as best he/she can.

If you are concerned about being on meds the rest of your life then you talk about that with the psychiatrist too. This is about you, not about the psychiatrist.

And, if I didn't mention it.. .. there are no wrong answers. And if you need to clarify something after you've talked about it then just say that you want to add something or you've had a second thought about something.

You can call and ask how long to expect the visit to be. That's a good question and will help you feel less nervous.

I hope it goes well for you!



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ECHOES answered the question correctly; I did not: sorry! and thanks to ECHOES for providing great information.

I was mainly reacting to the title of the thread and not the content of the message.........but I agree with everything said above.

Olivia