Neuropsychologist

[thrillseeker]

Just a little update I am half way through my railway track engineering course and I have been told I will get the help all the help I need so pleased

Why is it that a neuropsychologist doesn’t know that too much sertraline can make one verbally aggressive and make you have changes in your mood apparently I sounded too positive and I need to see a psychiatrist because I had bouts of confusion and I felt like I didn’t want to exist anymore all because I was on too much sertraline 200 mg and get the health professionals didn’t notice what I was telling them i’m pretty sure that that is medical negligence and according to the neuropsychologist he can’t comment because he knows I’m right and down to this I am facing losing my children because or a psychologist I want to see his name but I’m pretty sure that I would really love to drag his name through the dirt because clearly I don’t have an IQ of 69% and the other neuro psychologist that also says I’ve got an IQ of 66% which also is wrong in my eyes And yet I’m being deemed a violent person because wait a minute the sertraline that I was taking and I noted that I would reduce my medication myself and my partner at the time also said to the GP that there was a vast improvement in my behaviour and yet the social workers and the health professionals all seem to have it in for me because of them not knowing the True effects of taking too much sertraline and yet typeface losing my children because of the doctors giving me too much sertraline

[cat3]

Ian, please ask your GP for an urgent referral to a neuropsychiatrist. A neuropsychiatrist can asses both your past injury and the medication you're taking. Neuropsychologists are not specialists in medication and it sounds like the Sertraline is having negative effects on your physical and mental health. And 100mg of something unsuitable seems crazy.

Most antidepressants cause side-effects for the first few weeks but these tend to ease off as the brain recognises, and stops rejecting, the new drug. But all SSRi antidepressants differ from one another and we respond well to some but others can cause unpleasant and permanent symptoms.

I couldn't tolerate Sertraline even after persevering for two months. I was prescribed them in hospital after my brain injury but they caused rattling sounds in my head and severe dizziness. My GP eventually put me back on one which we already knew worked well for me.

It looks like you need to start again from scratch with a new specialist (neuropsychiatrist) who can talk with you, maybe refer you for testing (scan, blood tests, EGC etc) and change your meds for something compatible with your particular brain chemistry.

I suspect your anger and other issues originate right back to your childhood brain injury and have maybe never been addressed by appropriate therapy and meds ? But the symptoms can be treated if you can get access to the right treatment. And forget about the IQ ; that's not the be all & end all of getting through life !

Best wishes, Cat x

[thrillseeker in reply to cat3]

Since dropping me meds to 100mg I am loads better

[thrillseeker in reply to cat3]

It’s ok I am been tested for MS

[cat3 in reply to thrillseeker]

Good luck ! x

[thrillseeker in reply to cat3]

Thanks x

[Pairofboots]

Hi, yes sertraline in the first month can have negative effects. Usually you are started on a low dose that is titrated up to a therapeutic dose. The Dr should have explained about the medication, and each packet should have a patient information sheet with, why, what, good, and bad effects.

Cat is right to suggest that you see a neuro-psychiatrist, they have the knowledge to prescribe or change medication.

With regards to IQ, this I assume is post injury, as a child I had a mega IQ, but I left school thick as two short planks. Post stroke, my IQ is a hell of a lot lower. But the overall score is made up of different areas of processing, this should have been explained in what area you have deficits in, what areas meet the average, and what areas you might be greater than the average.

IQ does not define intelligence perse, although it is called intelligence quoter.