r/Neuropsychology

Hello. A clinic I am a postdoc at is offering me $130,000 for 2 cases per week. We do comprehensive pediatric neuropsychological evaluations. Testing days are about 5-6 hours. Reports are 20-30 pages long (more so 15-20 without datasheets). As part of my postdoc, I have done 6 and I feel like I work nonstop.

I'm trying to figure out if this is an efficiency issue on my end and/or 8 cases is considered a lot for pediatric, comprehensive neuropsych evaluations. Batteries include cognitive, EF, memory, academic (KTEA or WIAT), social/emotional pieces. Recommendations are tailored and usually 5-7 pages long.

Thank you for your input.

I've seen a lot of comments, particularly within more science-heavy circles, talking about Bessel Van Der Kolk's work, particularly in his seminal work The Body Keeps the Score. I'm not as informed on the neuroscience of trauma and recovery as I'd like to be, so I have blindspots when it comes to knowing what the pseudoscientific parts of his book are. For those who are familiar, could you help fill in the gaps for me?

Hello!

Does anyone have pointers on what foods are precursors to neurotransmitters?
I have done some research online, but it seems either very vague, or at a technical level above my literacy.

The only scientific pointer I have so far is to look into tryptophan-rich food (chocolate, legumes, dried fruit, cereals), but I don't want to overlook anything.

I will seek science-based backing for any recommendation I receive, so if you have sources handy they'll be most welcome, but I'm fully prepared to do the grunt work on my own :)

Thanks!

You Are Not Your Brain by Dr Jeffrey Schwartz is a great book.

Can anyone recommend any others that were interesting?

I have delusional disorder. Got diagnosed a couple years ago. Nothing has gotten better and we’re still working out the right medications.

I got an episode of Erotomanic Delusion that lasted for 5 to 6 months. I firmly believed and connected patterns which confirmed that I was meant for a different destiny and someone I don’t even know and had never met was in love with me.

I told this to Claude and it helped me ground myself and aided in reality testing and asked the right questions which helped me disprove my own conclusions.

But recently, it’s refusing to do that because it says this isn’t good for the long run because “an AI can’t help process or integrate the aftermath”.

I don’t understand any of this because I don’t understand how something could be bad if it gets me out of trouble. And is frankly helping me see things for what it is.

Can someone please share light on how AI can be or could be used to help with reality testing or why it shouldn’t be used?

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Some people are extremely fast at pattern recognition but struggle with working memory. Others can focus for long periods but process information more slowly under pressure.

The more I look into cognition, the less it feels like intelligence behaves as one single uniform ability.

It makes me wonder how independent these systems actually are over time.

Can specific domains improve meaningfully through repeated use/training while others stay relatively stable?

For example, it seems plausible that:

• gaming
• programming
• music
• mathematics
• language learning

might selectively strengthen certain cognitive processes more than others.

I became more interested in this after looking through exercises that isolate domains individually instead of treating cognition as one single general ability:
https://whats-your-iq.com/en/training

Curious how people here view the balance between:

• trainable adaptation
• task familiarity
• and relatively stable cognitive traits.

bonjour!!! :D

(F20) ma psychiatre m’a diagnostiqué il y a quelques mois un TDAH, sans jamais vraiment m’expliquer quoi que ce soit ni même m’aider à trouver des « tips ». au quotidien j’ai l’impression d’avoir des difficultés pour pleins de trucs, mais je ne sais pas ce qui est lié au TDAH ou pas, tout est assez flou

il y a quelque jours ma médecin généraliste (qui est en lien avec ma psychiatre, qui me voit 1 fois par semaine depuis 1 an environ et qui m’a mis sur la piste du tdah) m’a dit que ce serait pertinent de faire un bilan neuropsy!

j’ai du mal à évaluer l’importance de ce bilan, je ne sais pas à quoi ça sert ni si c’est réellement nécessaire (car en plus c’est très coûteux..)

est ce que ça changerai quelque chose à mon diagnostique ? serais-je plus légitime à demander certaines aides dans le milieu scolaire/professionnel ? je suis curieuse de savoir si ça servirai vraiment à quelque chose, si quelqu’un a fait ce bilan et souhaiterai expliquer comment ça se passe, je suis preneuse !!

merci beaucoup, bonne journée !☀️☀️

I have diagnosed ADHD and depression(no suicidal thoughts) but lately I’ve been wondering if there’s something more going on too (maybe autism overlap, anxiety, alexithymia, etc). I’m trying to understand how my brain works and I want to know if anyone relates to this.

Some things I experience:

My brain never feels “quiet.” I constantly have thoughts, inner dialogue, visual thinking, random hypothetical scenarios, and emotional/vibe-based thinking all at once. ican think visually, verbally, and emotionally at the same time. I overanalyze EVERYTHING, especially people, tones, messages, atmosphere, and behavior changes. Ifeel like I notice people’s moods/vibes extremely deeply, sometimes from tiny things like wording changes or energy shifts. I feel emotions very strongly, but I struggle to explain them or put them into words.When people ask “how are you?” I usually just say “good” even if there’s way more going on internally. During arguments or emotional stress I can completely shut down and lose the ability to speak/form sentences even though my thoughts are still there. I often feel like my brain works fundamentally differently from other people’s. I’m extremely self-aware and aware of my own thoughts/consciousness to the point it sometimes scares me. Sometimes I get hyper aware that I’m literally experiencing reality in first person and it causes existential panic/derealization feelings. My memory is weird: I forget where I put things constantly, but I remember very specific visual details, atmospheres, layouts, or random moments from years ago.i remember things more through “feelings” and visual scenes than facts. struggle starting tasks even when I WANT to do them. ifeel mentally exhausted all the time, but physically “overcharged” at the same time, like there’s electricity/adrenaline in my body. I have constant restlessness and racing thoughts, especially at night.I socialize well at first, especially with new people, but it feels like I’m performing/masking and it drains me fast.

Sometimes I feel like I understand other people emotionally better than I understand myself.

Does this sound familiar to anyone with ADHD, autism, AuDHD, anxiety, alexithymia, derealization, etc? I’m not trying to self diagnose, I’m just trying to understand myself better because my brain feels very intense all the time.