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Join Date: Oct 2012
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Location: canada
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I was also referred by an MD but, even so, in Manitoba, neuropsych assessment is not an insured service. I decided against it because I was starting to get a very good handle on my own cogitive deficits....most relating to vision and visiual memory, luckily enough! My long term disability insurer with my work finally asked me to go for one and they paid. It was reassuring in that my 'IQ' was still relatively intact, and I had major deficits in visually related tests. It was horribly difficult to do the test...i did it one hour at a time over a three week period. It wiped me out!
The test does not usually get to the heart of some major deficits, such as those related to executive functions, planning, motivation, apathy, detachment, multi-tasking abilities.
Good luck!
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What happened: Legs pulled forward by a parent's hockey stick while resting at the side of the rink at a family skate....sent me straight back. I hit the back of my head (with helmet) on the ice, bounced a few times, unconscious for a few minutes. September 11, 2011. Off work since then…I work part-time at home when I can. It has been hell but slowly feeling better (when I am alone☺).
Current symptoms: Vision problems (but 20/20 in each eye alone!) – convergence insufficiency – horizontal and vertical (heterophoria), problems with tracking and saccades, peripheral vision problems, eyes see different colour tints; tinnitus 24/7 both ears; hyperacusis (noise filter gone!), labyrinthian (inner ear) concussion, vestibular dysfunction (dizzy, bedspins, need to look down when walking); partial loss of sense of smell; electric shocks through head when doing too much; headaches; emotional lability; memory blanks; difficulty concentrating. I still can’t go into busy, noisy places. Fatigue. Executive functioning was affected – multi-tasking, planning, motivation. Slight aphasia. Shooting pain up neck and limited mobility at neck. Otherwise lucky!
Current treatments: Vestibular therapy, Vision therapy, amantadine (100 mg a day), acupuncture and physiotherapy for neck, slow return to exercise, magnesium, resveratrol, omega 3 fish oils, vitamins D, B and multi. Optimism and perserverance.
Last edited by Mokey; 02-24-2013 at 10:46 AM.
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