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My meeting with my neurologist went as expected. Diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy from my EEG. My doctor said that people with uncontrolled TLE can suffer from...
-An argumentative personality
-Quick temper
-Paranoia
-An inability to listen to or trust anyone.
That sucked to hear read out in front of me because all of those things cost me to lose jobs, friends, and significant others over the past two years. Now taking meds regualarly, cutting out the booze (I'll miss you so....) and always learning something new to keep up.
The testing with the neuropsych went just as those other threads said they would. Mostly testing memory, speech, language, and math skils. I tested normal or above average on everything but visual processing, which can contribute to not remembering faces or not being able to assemble things as well as others.
Another part of the test were about 500 questions that tested your mental functioning. I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety and mild depression...neither of which surprised me given my state of mind during the testing. Given the questions I read, I'm certain that diagnosis could have been much worse. Dr. recommended counseling (at her facility of course)
Good thing, my neuro gave me permission to drive with medication and says that I have no restrictions on life (besides flying, military service, skydiving, and working around heavy machinery, of course)
Now if I could just stop living in constant fear, I think I'll be alright!
-An argumentative personality
-Quick temper
-Paranoia
-An inability to listen to or trust anyone.
That sucked to hear read out in front of me because all of those things cost me to lose jobs, friends, and significant others over the past two years. Now taking meds regualarly, cutting out the booze (I'll miss you so....) and always learning something new to keep up.
The testing with the neuropsych went just as those other threads said they would. Mostly testing memory, speech, language, and math skils. I tested normal or above average on everything but visual processing, which can contribute to not remembering faces or not being able to assemble things as well as others.
Another part of the test were about 500 questions that tested your mental functioning. I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety and mild depression...neither of which surprised me given my state of mind during the testing. Given the questions I read, I'm certain that diagnosis could have been much worse. Dr. recommended counseling (at her facility of course)
Good thing, my neuro gave me permission to drive with medication and says that I have no restrictions on life (besides flying, military service, skydiving, and working around heavy machinery, of course)
Now if I could just stop living in constant fear, I think I'll be alright!