Hello; seeking a good neurologist in Southern Maine
 

Hello.

As stated in my introduction on the Psych Central forums, before being referred here:

"I am primarily here to ask for help for [my husband] Elijah, specifically for getting him neurological care in Southern Maine, with someone who is not just going to have him visit for two minutes, not bother to hear about any symptoms, and just blame all of Elijah's symptoms of psychiatric problems (which have already been ruled out as the source of the specific problems for which we see the neurologist - which are gradually reducing cognitive and motor function, and seizures)."

So far, we've seen one neurologist, who didn't want to hear about Elijah's symptoms, didn't seem to care about why Elijah was even seeing a neurologist, didn't want to do what the PCP recommended (EEG) and instead did a glorified evaluation consisting of the standard questions you'd ask a person after they hit their head to see if a concussion is present (by the way, Elijah ended up incorrectly answering most of the questions, even the questions which he previously would have no trouble with such as those involving math, and had difficulty with some of the motor function tests), and in the end, just said it was all behavioral, and told us to seek behavioral healthcare - which we're already doing, and the behavioral healthcare workers have ruled out the specific symptoms we're seeing a neurologist for being the result of behavioral health problems (no, he didn't care about that, either).

As such, we're hoping to find a neurologist in southern Maine who will not give us a repeat of the experience described above...

Hi MonikerPending: Welcome to NeuroTalk! :welcome_sign: May I suggest that you also post your request in one of the conditions forums. One option would be the general conditions forum:

https://www.neurotalk.org/forum2/

You can, of course, also take a look at the listing of other forums that are available, here on NT, & see if you think there is another one that would be more applicable to Elijah's condition. You know, of course, what's going on with him better than I do.

Also, it might be helpful if you could go into a bit more detail with regard to what Elijah is actually experiencing at the present time. There are a lot of very knowledgeable members over here on NT. So even if they can't offer you a specific referral, they may be able to give you some solid advice with regard to how to proceed. Good luck! :hug: :Grin-Nod: