I agree with Margarite that there are some good neuros' The problem is they are very hard to find. Going to a generic neuro can be problematic if he/she is not a believer in Post Concussion Syndrome. Many will ask about the impact. If they think it was just a minor impact, they may discount any concussion concerns. This is because of a belief that concussions only result from intense impacts. They do not believe in low impact concussions. If they are not believers, they can make entries in your medical record that can be detrimental. They can write 'somatoform disorder' or other diagnoses that will be hard to overcome.

This problem is more prevalent in "managed care" health insurance plans. They have prewritten protocols of what is the minimum cause of a concussion.

I hope you do not get one of these neuros.

The reason an MRI is not needed is because most MRI's are only 1.5 Tesla. It takes a much higher Tesla level ( 6 or higher) to image the microscopic damage from a concussion. 6 Tesla MRI equipment is more likely found in a Med School hospital where it is used in research.

Normal Tesla MRI's end up just being annoying as the PCS patient has to deal with the intense noise and possibly claustrophobia.

As Margarite says, have a list of your symptoms. It is best if it is written down. Try to avoid 'feeling' oriented symptoms. A better example would be: When it gets noisy, I cannot get my mind to focus on a single thought. The wrong thing would be to say, I feel odd or out of place.

And remember, Margarite's neuro was one in a thousand.