Neuropsychology appointment - wish me luck

This isn't exactly the right forum.

I have a 2 hour neuropsychology appointment tomorrow morning. And next week. With a trainee psychologist.

On the letter it said they book an appointment and may need to book a 2nd one.

So either I have 2 - one for a full cognitive assessment and one for a full mental health assessment (when I saw my nurse I asked her if when I see neuropsychology they can do that too, the initial referral was for a cognitive assessment).

Or I have 2 booked for a full cognitive assessment and because it's a trainee they think it'll take longer.

I'm speculating cuz I have no idea.

I don't like tge idea of it being with a trainee. And who knows.
My GP said that trainee's ate more thorough in a sense because they don't filter out information. They analyse everything. Whereas when you've experience you automatically learn to filter bits in/out. (Yeah she used herself in the equation too).

So. Will see.

Pretty anxious about it but not cuz I'm logically worried about anything for I'm not. But cuz 🤷‍♂️.

Hey, good luck! The trainee will be giving it their all, so there's that.

Best of luck with your appointment. Can understand your reservations about it being with a trainee, but yeah they can tend to be more attentive which can be a good thing as opposed to a...grizzled pro.

Good luck to you @Innocent Forever !

Putting this thread on "Watch" for future updates

Hope your appointment goes well!

Good luck! I wish you all the best

Thank you!!! I really appreciate your well wishes ♡.

Good luck!

Good luck. Mine was conducted by a second-in-command. She was professional, insightful, and I liked her company. The test itself was rigorous and mentally draining, but survivable.

Update:
We did today. It was truly okay.

If I'm struggling with anything I need to think of it cuz that will impact what testing she does.

The primary test we did today was memory.

It was 9.30 - 12.

We have an appointment booked for next week 9.30 - 11.30.

If we don't finish all the testing can book another appointment.

There were a couple other tests in between but that were to distract from the memory test and then go back to it. A visual test of 2 items I'd never seen. I'm impressed by my reasoning. A processing speed kinda. I told her I want us to do that next week and see how fast I am. And a motor test - crossing out lines.

She was really sweet.

I kinda told her quite a bit about myself. Mental health wise. Which. I'm wondering who'll see it. I don't actually know if any of that she'll write down. If she does I want neuropsychiatry to see it.

Just got home and going out in half an hour.

Talking to her made me aware of how little I'm doing and how much every little thing takes from me. So although I feel like I'm doing nothing with my days - cuz often I'm not - I'm doing all I can. Just being takes so much. Not even from mental health. Just. I don't know!!! I don't exactly know why it is.

This resonates strongly, it really does - It is frustrating how battling mental health takes up so much brain space, energy and time never seems to be on our sides. Days can go by so fast...

Thinking a bit about mental health recovery..., I've rarely put the focus on the cognitive functioning (side of things) - mostly the emotional side and if I can cope with being/existing in the daily life (+ so many tasks to perform with routine) etc. For what it's worth: You have inspired me to look into this aspect (of cognition) too. @Innocent Forever

I have hopes that you'll find answers and beyond that new insights into who you are too in order to make the progress you want.

Sending supportive, good luck thoughts a bit belatedly. Keep us posted how you're doing, how it goes.

It's strenuous to go through the tests one after the other. Hope you have a good rest before you go back for the next appointment. It sounds like the person is pretty nice and informative.

🫶🫶🫶🫶 I hope you can look into it.

Thank you!!
She was really nice ♡
I've another 2 hour appointment with her next week. I told her I was able to go over today (making it 2.5 hours) and that next week I wouldn't be able to.

What with such a dramatic paradigm shift, it's only natural that there will be a time for adjustment that is needed for you to acclimatise at going at a different pace from whatever you were used to.

Wishing you all the best going forward. Glad things went well with the first trip in.

Appointment 2 was really okay although I was talking gibberish at the end.

Booked another 3 hour appointment- instead of 2 - in 2.5 weeks.
3 hours feels crazy. And I'm hoping we finish all the testing then - if I'm not talking gibberish after a couple of hours .

Tomorrow ♡.


I was sent a form in the post which I dunno if I should bring with me. It was literally one of those mental health circle questionnaires with no letter attached.

Hope it goes well.

A form with no instructions is annoying. Did you and the therapist ever speak about filling out questionnaires? Maybe fill it out and bring it along in case they ask about it.