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Old 02-12-2015, 09:54 AM   #38
rhondalea
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Re: Cognitive Rehabilitation

I googled "neurocognitive psychologist north carolina." I got two promising links:

http://www.carolinacns.com/index.html
http://www.ncneuropsych.com/

A neurologist is most likely to do an EEG and an MRI. He might give you a test called the CANS-MCI, or similar. It's useless for chemobrain. On the other hand, he might be a good neurologist who keeps up with the research in cognitive impairment following chemotherapy. I just wouldn't bet on it.

In my opinion, you'd be better off if you skip the neurologist and go straight to a neurocognitive psychologist for an evaluation. Both of these links offer that service. There might be others, but I picked the top two in the results.

The alternative is to find someone who can prescribe a stimulant. Provigil has worked for some women. Ritalin or Focalin or similar may also help.

I have more to post in this thread (on the subject, generally), but I struggled with the Qsymia until the topiramate put me back on the couch. Now I'm taking Adipex-p, which is phentermine-only. I've recovered, but I'm behind. I hope to post this weekend.

In the meantime, here's a book that I failed to mention earlier. It's excellent, and it might help you deal with a neurologist, if you see him first. It was written by a member of this site, Carol Devenir. It turns out that she knew all along that chemobrain is a brain injury like any other brain injury. (My neurologist did not get this very simple concept.)

For Kindle:

http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Chemo-B...=carol+devenir

Print edition:

http://beyondchemobrain.com/ordering/
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