Getting a neurological diagnosis

[James_BSF]

Diagnosing someone with a neurological condition is often likened to doing a jigsaw puzzle: collecting all the pieces together and putting them in the right order. Your symptoms are clues for your doctor, which all help to create a fuller picture. The idea is to explore the possible causes of your symptoms.

This article looks at the process of getting a diagnosis and what might be involved

brainandspine.org.uk/inform...

[philipwatling]

I was hit by a car and killed due to a massive head (brain!) injury. I am disinhibited and in constant pain; parts affected were vision, hearing, concentration, balance, speech, information processing, memory... I forget! It has to be neurological, surely? Apparently not!

[Indie222 in reply to philipwatling]

I think, at least I hope, it’s a print error on your part 😊 You say you were hit by a car and killed?

[philipwatling in reply to Indie222]

After being hit by a car, in A&E, my heart stopped beating. Yes, it was restarted, but had the doctors done nothing I wasn't coming back alive. Ergo, for a brief moment, I was dead!

Read all about it in my book Flight of a Lifetime

[Indie222 in reply to philipwatling]

Oh right! I thought you’d done a misprint. I understand now what you meant. You were very lucky, by the sound of it!

[lgd333 Ambassador]

I remember going through testing when I was seventeen for the diagnosis of epilepsy... It was 'guinea pig' time and took 3 years to diagnose. Living in Zimbabwe then was extremely difficult as there were few experienced doctors and one had to go to South Africa for further testing. I am now based in Northern Ireland and just had brain aneurysm surgery but am grateful to all doctors, surgeons, neurologists and more for creating the fuller picture!