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Old 07-09-2013, 03:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Corbybird View Post
Aussie Cat,
I went to a neurologist (and other specialists and G.P.s) in Australia and it wasn't until I asked my G.P. about nerve conduction studies and being referred to a second neurologist who dealt with this type of problem that I was given a referral to a neurophysiologist i.e. a neurologist with special expertise in peripheral neuropathy, amongst other things. No doctor of any kind had mentioned these tests to me; it was from reading here that I became aware. The tests were then conducted which proved my diagnosis and with that now on my medical records I am accorded much better treatment (no longer told, or inferred, that I am crazy).
For me it has been of great import to have that on record for my treatment now and in the future. I hope your problems don't progress to the point where you can't function at all without meds but, if it does, you need a correct diagnosis to get the correct meds and, hopefully, before you become desperate.
Good luck!
The next time I go to the GP I'll ask about nerve conduction studies. You weren't/aren't in Brisbane by any chance? It's hard to know where to go. My GP referred me to the neurosurgeon who operated, and he may know how to operate, but he certainly doesn't know how to talk to his patients.

Thanks.
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