It's different for everyone. I'm not being funny when I say this, but I can't remember the details. My husband went to the meeting with the doctor for my results and I'm so glad he did.

I had been behaving very out of character, doing some impulsive things, and the neuropsych explained that it was a symptom of the damage in my brain. He had compared my testing to my MRI's.

Also, my deficits in memory, motivation, etc..there were explanations for all of it.

Yes, fatigue and depression can contribute, but if you're being treated for those symptoms, as I was, then a trained neuropsych can get to the bottom of it, and help you.

That was the biggest waste of time i've ever endured. Showing me shapes and shit. Adding up simple equations. I felt like i was a toddler. I told that god damn MS Center that i had memory problems and they made me go see the neurophsycologist. I tell ya', that was the last time i ever mentioned cognitive issues. And also the last time i ever went to the MS Center.

Bah.

I had mine done a couple of years ago and I was told I have a slow "processor" I have the answers but am slower to react to stimuli. Probably b/c i have 12 lesions on my brain ... had been previously diagnosed with ADD 2-3 yrs before and had been on meds..... no longer on them....

If you are working at a job that requires high level thinking and your thinking declines to a point where you can no longer do your job anymore the testing will reveal that.

http://www.neurology.ufl.edu/memory/cognitivetest.shtml someone just posted that link...

i have never been offered one myself...most likely as it is glarinly apparent i have issues..grin..
but am switching ms clinics shortly and am going to ask to have some of this testing done..just out of coursity sake...i think it would be rather interesting to have..and also a useful to ...if im willing ot read anything i can about ms..smile..why not learn about it through myself as well??
if you do decide to go through with it..let me know how it goes hon..i would be courious please as i should be getting an appt. in next couple of months and like to just hand them a peice of paper..rofl

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heather

I've never had a formal one done...they don't have to test me to know I've lost a lot of my cognative power...lol...

I just went to the Uof Fl site that was posted and took that online cognative test...can't wait to take the time to read the results then I'm going to go back tomorrow AM and take it when I'm not tired and see if there's a difference....

I had this testing done about a year ago. And they said a lot of it may be from depression. I don't know how to fight that. When my doctors have asked me about it...I've said that absolutely not...I'm not depressed. Sure..I think we all get down about it once in awhile...but I've kept myself pretty upbeat about it. I think there was somewhere in my testing that said it "Could be" from stuff going on in the white matter...but they didn't know for sure.
Other then that...I agree that it was very tiring!

I never had this done. When diagnosed, the doc wanted me to do one. I did not have insurance and it was becomming apparent to me that my days of saving for retirement were over, so I was reluctant to spend what savings I did have that would need to last for the rest of my lifespan on this test....Shame MS doesn't shorten a lifespan in the same % as it shortens savings :(

The savings go first, the lifespan lasts longer.

So I declined the test, out right refused it. I said all I could see that it does is measures decline, it doesn't help with treatment decisions. We would have to do this manually & he would have to trust me when I tell him there is cognitve decline.

I think MS slows nerve conduction, except in a relapse which might stop nerve conduction outright temporarily or when it goes progressive, which is actual nerve damage.

So I have read that MS people think slower. They are able to process complex thought, they might do it slower.

That's what I would expect a neuropsych test for me to show. Everyone has had MS long before they were diagnosed & a person makes adaptations to neuro-cognitive decline. Without even knowing they have MS.

I always viewed myself as a methodical thinker. I have to think things through..aka...slow thinker.

I'm someone who catches jokes, months after I hear it. I'm gullible, easy to pull a scam on. I think slow.

I had a mentally intense occupation, engineering, and I wasn't the quickest of my collegues, but I had a whole lot of stick-to-itive-ness. I took a lot of notes, so I could methodically process the information - slow thinking again.

I tend not to be attracted to message board's trading alot of quick come backs,quips, smart alec comments. I think too slow & too methodically. I think that is more than personality, I think that is MS too.

I have read of posts where people were advised to not drive in high traffic locations after a neuropsych test because their response time was too slow.

That's what I would have expected from MY neupsyche test if I had done one. I already do not drive in high traffic locations...it's not fun anymore. I don't listen to the radio when I drive. I have adapted to MS related neuro psych decline. Don't need to spend the $ to tell me. Neuro agrees;respects methodical thinking.

i agree with you on that one lynn....where you guys are i had forgotten that you have to pay for each test..sigh,..damn i hate your health care system..

and your right...also in the aspect that i fully believe we all hit the point when we do realzie that oops im losing the cogniative fight here...
for me it was a easy one..smile..cant spell..cant remember the kids names..they were oldest..middle one..and hey you..
absoultly cannot stand to have to much noise when someone is talking..and i used to multi task at work like you would not believe..i thrived on it..smile..while raising my three kids and a foster daughter..

yep you hit the point one day..look around and think...okay something has changed..i dont think you need to pay for a test for that one...lol...hell i just sit here and try to spell TN by the actual name and i know im gone..grin...

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heather

Hey...if you can spell that test you passed it! LOL...there are back gaps and white dots all over my brain...so you know the drill. Pin the note to my shirt and put a clean bib on me...