Last session of Neuropsychological Testing
 

Hi Everybody,
Hope you are all having a good day. I have my last session of Neuropsychological Testing today. After that she will want to talk to my family and then I can get her report/recommendations. So far the testing is really exhausting. I have had to draw things- shapes, connect things, try to remember words and recite them back, answer what the meaning of certain words are, fill out answers to questions about sleep, headaches etc. I will be glad when this is over. Will report back and let you know if this turned out to be helpful or not. Hopefully it will at least be helpful with disability acceptance. I am hoping that it will show where my brain is injured and be helpful in helping me and my family understand the problems that I continue to be challenged with.
Brain

Good luck!

I know How Hard the Test is
 

I know how hard this test is on us.I wish you the best and I hope you can push threw this last part.You will be in my prayers and I will be thinking about you.You need these answers like a fish that needs water.I wish you the best.
Love Mia:hug:

Good Luck.

Mine is next Month. Just for the testing though, already on SSDI.

Best Wishes and :grouphug:

Wishing you the best. And go easy on yourself after being exhausted like this. It took me a full week to recover from mine. Thinking of you! :hug:

Good luck
 

Good luck with the testing and the interpretation of the results. I ave my test in two weeks.
Su seb

Update
 

Hi Guys,
I have not received the written report from the neuropsychological testing yet but what she did say to me is that she does not see any permanent brain damage. That is good news! You know I have had 8 or so concussions from passing out and hitting my head on concrete etc. The passing out thing was diagnosed as hypoglycemia (it's where your blood sugar drops suddenly- it is the opposite of diabetes). But what she did say is that I have major depression. A score of 30 is worrisome and my score was 50. She also said I have a major anxiety/panic disorder caused from passing out in public so many times. I still have the passing out problem. The most recent event of that was in October I passed out and hit the bathtub and broke my nose again. Anyway, she told me that I must try to get out of the house as much as I can for short periods because I will end up just being stuck in a room if I don't. She agrees that I cannot work and went over my denial letter from disability and is writing a letter that refutes some of the judges findings about my medical records. Like the judge saw that I went to a movie and used that against me when really my doctor forced me to go out once a week and that is why that was in my medical records. The judge is saying -you can do these things but not understanding that I have trouble just leaving the house and these activities were forced therapy. So I am hoping her letter will help with disability. It sounds like it will. I know part of my depression comes from being so stressed out about money. I really cannot work. I know that and I don't know what I will do if they deny me again. I feel like I will have to kill myself because I will not be able to live. So hopefully I will get accepted for disability and that will help. I have to go to a psychiatrist for the depression. I live in chronic pain so that is also contributing to the depression factor. I will let you know what the report says when I get it. Should be next week. Hang on there everyone. If I don't have permanent brain damage after all the hits to the head I have taken chances are all of you will heal up with some time.
Much love to you all,
Brain :grouphug:

That's great news! Hopefully you can get on the right medication and all of your issues will go away! It's amazing what the right medication can do for anxiety and how many symptoms are actually caused by it! Good luck with the psychologist and with the disability claim. It's very scary and stressful to not have an income or to worry it will be gone.

I hope you're having a good day!

CC

Brain patch,

Good luck with this, it all sounds positive, hopefully you will get disability. I would say dealing with the depression is a priority from what you say and you need to discuss with a health professional about how you feel, medication can help some people.

Sending you lots of healing energy. Remember there are good days sometimes! Hang in there!