Liahona, I went to one who actually had her credentials hanging on her wall. So much for being a good one. The main things my neuropsychologist dealt with was people who had been in a rehabilitation center for physical injuries. Things such as strokes, head injuries, car accidents, limb losses, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)'s, broken necks or backs...things like that.
She saw me in the rehab after I had been discharged from the regular hospital and into there about 3 days after I woke up from a stroke that I had been in for around 15 days. Maybe the stroke was 12 days and I went to the rehab was on day 15. I really dont know because I have very mixed up memories from that time. I was very delusional during that time.
When I got to the rehab, I was scared to death and I didnt want to go. I had tried to get Tony to not let them take me. I begged him to just take me home but he wouldnt. I was so mad. I didnt understand why. After all, I was going to have his babies! (That was the delusion talking!) I got to the rehab and was basically an infant...okay a toddler. I couldnt move my arms or my feet. I couldnt walk or barely answer questions in any rational manner. I couldnt do puzzles that were made for 3 year olds. I had to start out with those ones that have the little knobs on top and maybe 6 objects on a board and you put them in the proper places. It took me several weeks to move up to a 24 piece puzzle. Even though it was like this and I was so toddlerish, somewhere in my mind I knew this wasnt me. I was frustrated beyond belief. I had to learn to rewalk and even stand again. It was really awful.
This neuropsychologist saw me at my worst. I consider that my worst. So when I went back to her for another neuropsychologist testing about 5 months later, she thought I was just dandy. I could walk, I could talk, I could draw a clock even though it wasnt perfect. I could remember some words even though there was a huge problem for a normal person. She was comparing it to what I had been like in the hospital. She compared everything to what I was like. I couldnt draw anything correctly. I couldnt remember anything when she asked me to remember it back. If she showed me something and told me to repeat it back, I couldnt do it. If she showed me a picture and wanted me to draw it, I couldnt do it. If I was supposed to follow a pattern, I couldnt do it. I think I took a computerized test for ADD and I think I did okay on that. I dont think I did okay for anything to do for memory but according to her my memory was fine. The only thing she had to say was that I research too much on the internet looking for problems for myself and I like to use bigger words than I probably should know given my iq! Well she gave me an iq of 99. My previous IQ tests had been in the 140's!
I should have never gone to her. I have no way of knowing if her tests are accurate or biased.
