Preparing for a psychiatric appointment
Notes you take with you, so nothing essential is forgotten in a short appointment.
What it’s for
The appointment is often short, and your state is hard to describe on the spot. Writing it down saves time and adds precision.
What to write
- How long the state has lasted and when it began.
- Sleep, appetite, energy — concretely, in hours and meals.
- What I can no longer manage that I used to.
- Medicines and supplements you take, alcohol included.
- Family history, if you know it.
- Three questions you want to ask.
See also
Digital break plan
An agreement with yourself about when the phone is away — held up by external supports, not willpower.
Sentences for setting boundaries
Sentence patterns that state a boundary without apologising and without attacking.
Diary of bodily signs
A record of physical symptoms and the circumstances around them — for when examinations find nothing.
