TLDR: What should I do to “Prepare” for the Exam?

I am supposed to be examinated for MST PTSD and Social Anxiety Disorder (Secondary Conditions Beings Major Depression and Generalized Anxiety) in a week and a half and I am just so scared.

I am just so scared of not being believed, or having to take some stupid test.

What am I hoping for? I meet the Criteria for Social Anxiety Disorder 70% Rating, but being younger I feel I will be downplayed and taken advantage of. My goal when I get there is to squeeze every minute of time from the person, put as much evidence (and there is a lot) that they probably didn’t review and get to there, and spend the rest of the talking about how bad things are, I say this as I can feel my stomach grumbling for flat out avoiding leaving my room and eating because family members are eating. I physically cannot exit the room when others are around, and I would rather “starve” than face having to talk to my own family. Parts of my clothes low-key smell since I “haven’t got around to” (AKA too depressed) to wash my own clothes, partly because I’m too scared to exit my room. Oh, and I forgot about half the things that happen to me.

Needless to say, it is bad.

I have documentation under my medical records of Depression-related Appointments, as well as suicidal ideation. I have two buddy statements talking about how I have been feeling recently as my symptoms dramatically increased and mental health decreased. One signed buddy statement is from an NCO that talks about a time I was videotaped at work, proving yet another example of ostracization among military documents. (Also, for MST there is a DD2910 that says, “hey, I filed something”)

I get 60 minutes tops to discuss what’s been going on, and have to be believable and so convincing to warrant 70%. How the hell do I do that? How can I possibly prove in a small, short appointment that what has overtaken me is so severe? If I fail,even with 50%, I am very tempted to go the Attorney Route as DAV Philly/NJ volunteers in my area were very argumentative and definitely scared me from the situation.

I need the money because I need a very liberal doctoral psycologist to respect me as a person and thoroughly understand my unique treatment, so namely that money is going predominately and likely out-of-network Medical care so I can start working with Mental Health safely and comfortably

My question is: How Do I Maximize every single minute I am in there?

One small slip/one unchecked box as I have seen on this reddit and from research indicates consequences that can drastically change my life. I have heard rumors of $6,500 retainers and that is just the first appeal. That’s still a lot of money these days and definitely that is something I want to keep in my already low reserves.

Please understand where I am coming from, and, if you have to criticize, be kind please. (Hence social anxiety I am very scared of situations like this, both talking here and facing the C&P Exam.)