Neuro-psych test??????

[lasia221]

Ok so even though the new PCP agreed about the ADD, she was reluctant to give me anything other than Strattera. She thought I should see a psych doctor. She asked if i wanted to be formally tested, I thought hey that can't hurt the situation, so why not.

so she referred me to a doctor (more about him in a bit), and on the referral ordered a "neuro-psych test" to be done. what is that exactly? what can i expect?

Now. this doctor. I had him a few years ago as my prof for a psych class at my community college. he didn't like me much, cause well, i missed alot of classes *lol*
I was referred to his partner in the office by my previous PCP, and this partner guy was an *******. treated me like crap. blew me off, totally ignored everything I had to say, wouldn't even look at the research I had done online and printed out, said it was worthless....his "test" was some questions that were ridiculous! for a retard! like who was the president, who was the previous president, asked me to repeat a list of three items after he said them, and then asked again a minute later...asked me to add like 2 plus 4...seriously! he then claimed that maybe it was ADD, but because I mentioned the sleep problem (which I now know was due to the beginnings of the fibro, i hadn't always had the slepe problems) he said that I was more than likely "merely depressed"...nevremidn that fact that i do NOT fit any of the diagnostic criteria for depression, i don't feel sad/whatever for days on end, as the book says....
So anyways. because this guy may posisbly recognize my name (but just as likely may not since its been a few years since i was his "student") and because he shares an office with this *******, i'm really worried that he'll blow me off again.

My mother said that I can tell him that he can talk to her, that she'll verify that all this has gone back to childhood.

Also, because of the fact that when i'm in a doctor's office, i'm always nervous and my mind is racing, i always write stuff down. do you guys think it would be a bad thing for me to type up a big list of all my "symptoms", or "bad traits"? do you think that the doctor would take offense to that?
what if he says he doesn't agree with my PCP's, and says again that is simply depression???
i have tried effexor (from the ******* AND my first rheumotologist), which didn't do a damn thing for me. around 6 years ago I was thought to have anxiety disorder, so i tried buspar and paxil (month or so each, either no results or negative results). i think i've also tried prozac, but i can't remember if its that or something else as the other anti-d that i was put on.

[Jennita]

AD's and fibromyalgia lead to bad sleep and anxiety, bad sleep leads to inattentiveness, memory problems, mental clarity.

Inattentiveness, memory problems and lack of mental clarity may lead to an ADD or ADHD diagnoisis....but it could be lack of good sleep causing it all. Does pain keep you awake? If not, perhaps the past drugs may have screwed up your sleep pattern. Usually, sleep patterns will recover from that in time as long as there is an absence of drugs that effect it. It could take a long time, though.

Why not get a sleep study, or if that isn't possible, at least a complete physical and sleep evaluation from a sleep specialist to rule out other bad sleep causes.

I don't think your doctor really has a clue here.

Neuro-psych test was sure a fancy important title for such a lame test he performed. Do they think people are stupid or something?

Sleep is key to all our mental functions...

[brainf0g]

If you are already uncomfortable with him don't waste your time. Get a referral for another doctor who specializes in AD/HD.

[lasia221]

The guy who was mean to me is not the guy i'm being referred to now...they're just in the same practice.
If i could get a referral for someone who specializes in ADD, i wouldn't still be untreated!!!
sorry. maybe where you live, finding that doctor is easy, but for me, it's been impossible. i remember a few years ago i called around to a bunch of docs that were in my health insurnace network. i asked them all the same, if they specialized or felt comfortable/knowledgable in treating and medicating if necessary an adult with ADD. i got no's all across the board, with the exception of one nice guy who said no, but that we could learn together. too bad, i should have written his name down to remember him, i don't know anymore who he was, he seems like my best bet.

Originally Posted by brainf0g

If you are already uncomfortable with him don't waste your time. Get a referral for another doctor who specializes in AD/HD.

[lasia221]

hi jennita
i'm sure you didn't read my initial post in this forum, but the fibro, the pain, and the sleep problems are fairly recent. last 4-6 years. the ADD, and the many many many symptoms well pre-date that, going back to early childhood.
pain does not keep me awake. also, the sleep problems started before i was diagnosed with fibro, well before (the diag and the meds are very recent, last 6 months) i was on any meds.

you think like my doc i am to get a sleep study done.

also, i'm sure my post you replied to was confusing, i'm bad about that, but the first guy that i was talking about, the mean one with the retarded "test", i don't think (at least i hope not) that THAT was the neuro-psych test.
that's why i'm asking what IS a neuro-psych test, and what should i expect? i want to know for my own worries, but also to compare...if others on here have had one done, and can tell me about it, if mine is nothing like that, then i know that something fishy is going on, that the doc isn't right, and that i need someone else.

Originally Posted by Jennita

AD's and fibromyalgia lead to bad sleep and anxiety, bad sleep leads to inattentiveness, memory problems, mental clarity.

Inattentiveness, memory problems and lack of mental clarity may lead to an ADD or ADHD diagnoisis....but it could be lack of good sleep causing it all. Does pain keep you awake? If not, perhaps the past drugs may have screwed up your sleep pattern. Usually, sleep patterns will recover from that in time as long as there is an absence of drugs that effect it. It could take a long time, though.

Why not get a sleep study, or if that isn't possible, at least a complete physical and sleep evaluation from a sleep specialist to rule out other bad sleep causes.

I don't think your doctor really has a clue here.

Neuro-psych test was sure a fancy important title for such a lame test he performed. Do they think people are stupid or something?

Sleep is key to all our mental functions...