Posted by g_g_g_unit on June 20, 2010, at 3:39:51
In reply to Re: anyone here had neuropsychological testing done? » g_g_g_unit, posted by violette on June 20, 2010, at 2:18:31
> Most of those articles consider issues relevant to childhood...anyway, I'm sorry they were not helpful.
oh no, please don't apologise! i don't really have the attention span to read through any of them in great detail, but the one on cognitive processes in depersonalization disorders is really interesting ...
i'm just confused about when depersonalization becomes a disorder in its own right, and when it's just a symptom. my psychologist dx'd me as suffering from DP (and said it often occurs in the presence of anhedonia, which is a persistent symptom of my depression) so i wonder if that could disturb the results of a neuropsych test. i have also read it's highly co-morbid with OCD.
i emailed the psychologist asking if things like depression could produce a false positive for ADD, but she said ADD generally has its own unique pattern, whereas depression manifests as a global deficit in functioning.
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> The first link there mentions the type of tests an neuropsych evaluation would include. You could get the names of the assessment tests from that (small) study and read more about them if you are still trying to decide on whether to get the test done or not. The one I took cost significantly more than $700.
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> Here's an example of one of the tests mentioned in that article - a Stroop test:
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> http://www.snre.umich.edu/eplab/demos/st0/stroopdesc.html
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> I didn't do the emotional version, but I scored really high on that particular test, which contributed to ruling out ADD for me. It was interesting to me that, even though that study was small, one of my worst scores was the block test, which mentioned as being the most highly correlated with depersonalization patients. I have problems with depth perception as well.i did that word-color test with my psychiatrist. the problem is (and i know that this is really stupid of me!) that i deliberately blurred my vision so i wouldn't be able to read the word, and thus could focus on the color, which might have resulted in my high score. at the time, i didn't realise i was completely sabotaging the test; i wasn't even really aware of what i was doing in a way ...
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> Actually, I've only had dp a few times during my lifetime..but have had dissociation. There's really a continuum so its difficult to tell sometimes which is which.yeah, like i say, it seems DP more often occurs in the presence of other disorders, as opposed to being a primary problem ...
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> I suppose you have to outweigh the benefits and the risks of getting the test done, considering the possibility ADD will again be ruled out; but this time, with more evidence to support it.
>oh, i don't mind it being ruled out. i would be more comfortable about returning to AD's if it was, since at least i'd know all my attentional problems are resulting from depression.
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