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Oh I feel for you but I hope the psychologist turns out to be better.  I have never had a good experience with neuropsychs.  I went to one myself about 6 months after I got out of the hospital from the meningitis.  She was a psychologist that saw me in the rehab and when I found out she was actually a neuropsychologist I jumped at the chance to have one done.  Oh what a mistake!


This woman had me in tears.  She accused me of reading up to much on psychiatric issues and then thinking I had everything I ever read about.  Uhhhh, NOT!  She also said I was doing so well even though I could hardly remember words and when I tried to do drawings that I had to copy, I couldnt do it.  She dropped my IQ almost 40 points then she said I should be thrilled that I was normal.  Well maybe I would be if I hadnt had an IQ of 138 before the meningitis! 


I think my problem with her...or her problem with me...was the fact that she saw me at my very worst.  The mere fact that I could put a sentence together that made sense was an improvement.  She had no clue what I was like before the illness.  My therapist and psychiatrist both said I had lost so much.  I will never give anyone access to that report.  In order for her to have sent it to my psychiatrist or therapist I would have had to sign a paper and after I read the report, I refused.  And you can believe I will never give her name for anyone to get my records from. 


Now my therapist did the most in depth evaluation on me and I have no doubt she was right on.


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