[Just Jacquie]

Okay, so I thought I knew all I needed to for my appointment for my Psych Eval for Disability, but I was totally thrown for a loop by something the doctor (and I use that term loosely) said to me. As I think I told you, he barely took his nose out of his notes and notepad the entire interview. Well, one thing he
said to me fairly early on after I gave him my list of meds, with his nose buried in his notes, mind you, was, "You have fibromyalgia?" I first denied it, because *I* myself had never alleged that I had fibro, and he repeated it a few more times. Then it dawned on me and I said, "That must be the Dx that my PM doctor put in my disability report," ~~ but not before I had denied it several times. Before all that, he had asked me if I had arthritis, and I said yes, and when asked where, I said, my neck, shoulders, back, hips, and knees; oh, and I have carpal tunnel in both wrists.

I guess it makes some sense. I mean, let's face it, I have been going to PM since 2002, have problems with many areas, and I have actually wondered to myself whether or not I did have fibro. My guess is that perhaps the PM doc hasn't come outright and given me this Dx is that some people, once they are given a label like that, they suddenly feel worse? I guess nothing has really changed, just that I acted like an idiot when I started out by denying that I had fibro.

My main concern is just that this guy may think, since I was able to answer some of his questions, my psych conditions have no effect on my life. He asked if I had nightmares and flashbacks about the fire and I answered in the affirmative to both. Really, what more does he need???