@tatiana987: I understand it's difficult to acclimate to imposed changes, as both @colleenyoung and @jakedduck1 have agreed. Each have offered some valuable recommendations, even based upon personal experience.

One area that appears to need clarification is that a neurologist - or any medical provider for that matter - is not actually the one responsible for taking away an individual's driver's license. They are, however, bound in most states by a legal duty to report any situation to the DMV relayed in any manner to them that could potentially place a patient at risk to safely drive a motor vehicle. Failure to do so could put the provider's own medical standing in jeopardy. The DMV then takes the steps it feels is necessary to determine next actions, such as suspension. As noted, their decision can be appealed or even legally challenged, although this may be a lengthy and/or costly process and the burden of proof must be clearly demonstrated.

If you're having any misgivings about reporting what has been termed a loss of awareness, I'd encourage you to view that from a different perspective - one for which I, and undoubtedly the majority of others - would applaud you for doing so! Yes, it has altered a facet of your independence for a time, but your courage, honesty and integrity are to be admired and encouraged for women - and all people of all ages, regardless those of us who are aging - as it demonstrates your responsibility as a citizen and concerned driver.

Have you looked into non-emergent medical transport so you can get to your appointments in the interim?

Thanks. Very useful info for me. What you said about making sure your medical records are the truth and use the right words is especially helpful. I will be a lot more careful about that. A lot of my medical records are nonsense, not reality but a random overworked ER doc’s guesses based in her imagination, prejudice and exhaustion. I used to say to myself that the doc had no time, that other people in the ER were bleeding or screaming in pain, so I could just wait my turn for attention. I noticed that when alarms went off constantly in my room, they just disconnected the sensors on my chest. That turns the alarms off.

One of my biggest problems is the medical language. I used the term “seizure” until the neurologist told me it is the wrong word for what happens to me. Then I used the word “spell” which is what my grandmother used. The neurologist liked that word, but nothing got better until he decided I might “lose awareness” while driving, and he took my freedom to drive on his prediction. No science there. No history there. He caused me to realize that I could not get help from him and I was on my own with the internet to help myself.

I don’t have the money for a lawyer and it looks like they pretty much always lose DMV cases here in Nevada.

I appreciate this excellent question: “ Did the neurologist give you any justification as to why he believes you had a seizure?”
That is indeed the crux of the problem. The answer is he may believe I had a seizure or not. I don’t think he does. He did not say. He used the DMV term “loss of awareness”. Doesn’t everybody lose awareness when they fall asleep? And do you lose your license if you fall asleep at the wheel? How on earth would he have any clue about my alleged “loss of awareness”, I suppose in my efforts to describe my problem I used some wrong words that mean one thing to me (I speak several languages that may use the work “black” differently.) and another in the American medical world. The term “black out” comes to mind. To me it means forgetting a fact or correcting something by marking through it..e.g. I tried to recall his name but just blacked out when I was supposed to say it or I want to change that part of the text so I blacked it out and will rewrite it later.