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Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Aug 21, 2021 | Replies (56)

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@larryh123

Hello - I will try to give you some insight to the neuropsych tests that I gave taken several times.
It normally takes me 2,5 hours. I think they allot up to 4 hours to complete. You are in a room with a nurse that guides you thorugh the testing, reading the questions and explaining what to do and give examples on what they are asking you to do. This is great as some of us have trouble following directions. They tests are actually a battery of smaller tests - memory recall ( a slew of tests), numbers, comprehension, reasoning, recreating objects with blocks plus more.
Depending on what they deem necessary - you might have the same tests, more or less tests. That will be dictated on your symptoms and issues.
The tests the are listed on my profile are:
They use the dementia rating scale-2 (DRS-2). Wechsler adult intelligence scale IV subsets: wechsler test of Premorbid functioning: California verbal learning test II short form; wechsler memory scale - IV; logical memory sub test; incomplete letters from the VOSP; Benton judgment of line orientation; noise pareidolia test; trail marking test; strop color-word interference test ; frontal assessment battery; boston naming test; controlled oral word association test; category fluency test; and beck depression inventory II (BDI-2).
That is from my last result. That is as specific as I can get.
It’s an overall good experience. It can be a bit frustrating on some of the tests to see the deficits - the nurse tries to be calming which helps.
I would highly recommend at least getting a baseline for comparison to future tests.

In my situation - we do it annually - of course last year was not very friendly fo this type of testing.

I really hope this helps.

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Wow! That's overwhelming me just reading the list! I couldn't handle the real thing, I think. Was this all to get a PD diagnosis?

I had the testing also - Neuropsychologist office. Gave me good insight as to what lists I need to use!