freaking out over dr apts!
 

I got 2 letters from SS saing I have 2 apt with a dr and a mental exam. I have post concussive syndrome and ptsd and argoraphobic. just think about it makes me panic!! What happens in these apt? is it good or bad that I'm being sent to see them?
I just need some reasurance.

Recently my wife was sent to a doctor working on SS behalf. My take on it is SS's interest in having a doctor look over the patient records and give the patient a minor exam. I was against this at first but then I realized SS position in this procedure. My belief is it boils down to spotting outright fraud where doctors and patients collude to defraud the government or someone who has slipped for some reason under the radar and ended up on the SS judges doorstep with a hang nail or someone who was very ill but no longer and has recovered perhaps. My wife's experience was the doctor looked at all her records, did a very brief, non-evasive checkup. The whole meeting was 30 minutes tops. If your records are in order indicating clearly (on the most part) that you have a serious condition, there should be no reason to worry yourself about it. That has been my experience.

Keep your eye on the "prize" (as it were) to help yourself get through this.

YOU CAN DO IT!!! :hug::hug::hug:

UIse your own doctors
 

It's my understanding that you can request to use your own doctors for these exms. Brinf someone with you that could testify to the throuhness of the exam. The problem with SSA's medical consultatnts is that they are perfunctory and don't ask a lot of meaningful questions.

Respectfully,
Trudi