You just jogged my memory!! One of the tests I took involved numbers. The neuro-psych read out increasingly longer lists of single digit numbers -- and I was supposed to put them in order and repeat them back to him. (Cannot remember what this test was called.) I did HORRIBLE!! And I used to be a MATH TEACHER!! Also, he read stories and then asked me to repeat what I had heard, with as much detail as possible. Also, BOMBED this one. But, I had no problem with the pencil and paper tasks and the manipulation tasks (such as putting tiles in the same pattern as the pictures). Another test involved remembering words. He gave me increasingly greater lists of words. I was ok with the list of 4 or 5 -- it got worse with longer lists. Funny, though, I WAS able to count backwards by threes -- and to subtract two digit numbers in my head. So, my brain isn't total mush. If I hadn't done so well on the IQ portions, I have a feeling he would have told me I DID have Alzheimer's or some kind of progressive dementia.

I had done research on studies involving MG and memory before talking to my neuro about getting tested. It was about six of one, half dozen of another saying that there was a correlation. My MG guy leaned towards the meds (such as prednisone and immune suppressants) causing the memory problems. Since I don't take these, he was reluctant to blame my "stoopidity" on MG. He's still my favorite doc.