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I had my physch eval for disability for depression and don't know what to do. I had no clue he was going to go so in depth and peruse my childhood, I thought he was only to ask questions about why I have depression relating to my surgery and diseases from 2009. I sat there crying through alot of it and refused to go into parts of my childhood and told him it could stay in the hole I hid it in.

I had my appointment with my PC today at the VA and picked up the progress notes from my Neuro Psych Testing that was done 1 month ago. I found it a very interesting read and contained some thoughts that may help others here. It will be in the final section that may be of interest to others in handling some of the problems we tend to face. But first a word from our sponsor The Wildlife Report..... I was surprised and delighted to see two deer on my trip along the Trace on my way to the VA.

In the United States ECT is used when all known anti-depressents have failed to help a person and they have treatment refractory depression or if the person is suicidal and anti-depressents don't help. In other countries it may be used beyond that point but basically should be considered an option after a person cannot be treated with anti-depressents. For some more information on anti-depressents google "Depression Central".

Hi, Complex sleep apnea is actually a combination of both obstructive and central sleep apnea seen in some patients. Patients with complex sleep apnea at first appear to have obstructive sleep apnea and stop breathing 20 to 30 times per hour each night. But unlike typical obstructive sleep apnea patients, their breathing problem is not completely alleviated by a CPAP (continuous airway pressure) machine.

I was on Lamictal and when I started it it had to be raised at 25 mg. per week by FDA regulations because of the 1 in a thousand chance of Stephen's Johnson Syndrome ("the rash"). However, my psychopharmocologist says the chances of that rare side effect drops drastically after six months.

Now depending on the psych - you may get relief until you balance out with meds - but in my situation the psych I had was not authorized to prescribe meds and so he chalked all my problems up to mentally anquish (sp) like - bad marriage - hateful memories of my past and stress. Funny........... thinking back I heard more of HIS life crises during my sessions then what I felt I was telling about myself. Don't make judgement on me - but it was a useless treatment for me.

She is somewhat active and does try to keep her weight down but at each psych. visit she has gained more weight.

s TSH is also very low, I think you should talk to the doctors and have them central central hypothyroidism. Central hypothyroidism is problem with the hypothalamus/pituitary axis in the brain, where the thyroid actually works correctly, but it doesn't get adequate stimulation (TSH) to produce enough hormones.

//www.medhelp.org/posts/Multiple-Sclerosis/Neuro-Psych-Test/show/1555998?personal_page_id=255828#post_7064731 Hope this helps you understand what the testing is like.

Best to find out about your treatment. SSRI's are helpful and potentially have less side effects than older anti-depressents for some people but as studies progress they have not found they are not more effective overall. There are other classes of anti-depressents. It depends on the particular medication and the side effect profile and how a person responds. There are studies all the time on how people respond to current medications as well as new classes of medications in development.

Ask your psychiatrist what your primary diagnosis because neither of those medications are mood stabilizers (one is of course for ADHD, one for depression). If they diagnosed bipolar they would adjust your treatment but only a psychiatrist could provide a diagnosis but in the meantime you can look up some information on the websites we have linked up such as "Depression Central" (for all mood disorders).

I slowly stopped weight lifting and find it hard to get projects done. My doctor ran my thyroid test and said everything came back normal. I asked for my readings, they are listed below. I haven't seen any significant increase or decrease in weight (2 or 3 lbs both up and down) My mom, brother, and father have a history of thyroid issues. Curious if its worth looking into further. My Dr wants to prescribe an antidepressant. My family doesn't have a history of depression.

ll sit you down first and do an evaluation - why you think you need a neuro-psych, etc. The test itself will take up to eight hours. Mine was six, with a break in the middle. It's a full-on test - whatever is wrong with you, they'll find it!

however it is written that it might cause (( agitation, amnesia, anxiety, confusion, decreased libido, depression, impaired concentration, insomnia, irritability, paroniria.)) as side effects but in a very low percentage .

Oh, I forgot they always block the psych central links. Just put that in before the ******* on the last reference.

Lack of motivation can be a part of depression. If you had weight gain from the medications it did make sense to speak to your psychiatrist about it. It was not a good idea to stop medication as symptoms will return. There are always options. Lamictal is a standard mood stabilizer that doesn't usually cause weight gain and it does have an anti-depressent effect as well. You could speak to your psychiatrist about that.

Some mood stabilizers such as Lamictal generally don't cause weight gain. There are many options there. We have some websites linked up such as "Depression Central" for information. Speak to your psychiatrist.

we got to pre-op and there was a question that I might be allergic to succinocholine---so the psych wanted to do an allergy test first----which meant I would have had to stay until friday. I told the psych that my head had been hurting since monday and that I would just as soon go home and come back after the weekend and start. He agreed, gave me a lortab, when I got back to the floor, it was my scheduled time for norco---so I went ahead and took it---two of them finally killed the headache.

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