Should I get a second opinion

[Jimlibob]

Hello folks,

A work colleague in a previous job said I might have dyspraxia. So I did some research and thought, that sounds a lot like me. The doctor referred me to a neurologist, who shone a torch in my eyes and said no you don't have it. He didn't do any other tests or ask me any questions. Is this torch in the eye test reliable ?

[Osymandus]

No , that sounds like a fob off to me . And given only a psychologist with educational or occupational therapy training (in UK ) can make a legal diagnosis (Neurologist and OT's can and do check ) and the test is about 2 1/2 hours long i would demand to be referred to the psychologist for one , but also say that your pretty sure a neurologist can't see the development or rather not of your Thalamus or frontal lobes with a torch .

[Jimlibob]

Well I went to the Doctor today and guess what I have been referred to a neurologist again. Apparently that is who I need to see to be assessed for a neurological condition such as this.

[Osymandus]

Well I went to the Doctor today and guess what I have been referred to a neurologist again. Apparently that is who I need to see to be assessed for a neurological condition such as this.

Your GP is WRONG !!! The legal diagnosis can only be performed by a psychologist with the above mentioned training . The Neruologiest can check the parts of your brain that may show at fault but it won't show your behaviour and how it affects you in basic tasks .

[Hoppingmouse]

Yes. My GP said I don't have dyspraxia because I could follow his finger or some rubbish. They are testing you for some acute brain injury so the neurologist sounds like he doesn't have a clue. Go to see someone else.

[AlleyCat]

A GP saying that you can't have dyspraxia just because you were able to follow his finger is definitely rubbish. You might have appeared to have been following it, but he wouldn't have been able to tell just by looking at you how efficiently your eyes were tracking it (the only way to get that kind of information is via electronic pads stuck onto the face). Doing a superficial assessment like that provides no information about how quickly you're able to do physical tasks or about what your spatial awareness is like.