IPN Neuropsych Eval

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I have received a referral from IPN to see a neuropsychiatrist for personality testing before any treatment recommendations from the addiction specialist. Has anyone gone through this? What does this consist of? I was told that it will take another 2 weeks to get the report and then another two to make recommendations from the report...joy!

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I had one last week. There were about 600 true or false questions. They were related to things I liked or disliked, my social preferences, what I'd call "emotion management", if I loved my parents lol, and past/current substance use. There were verbal exercises (like how much information you can retain) and spatial testing. Good luck.

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This sounds like a big money grab!

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This sounds like a big money grab!

Heck yeah! That's exactly what it is. 99% of all of this has devolved into nothing but a big money grab. Suck ya dry and dump you out on the street. None of these people care one whit about your recovery. Only about how much money can be squeezed from you. If you find recovery in the midst, it ain't because of them, it's in spite of them.

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This sounds like a big money grab!

1 grand for a scantron and the questionnaire that says don't print on so they can reuse it ;)

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Where did you go for this testing & did they recommend treatment afterwards?

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I went to a Neuropsych Dr in Winter Park, FL. It was very easy. The 2 tests were completed online. They were multiple choice asking for what the meaning of such and such word is, what adjectives listed describe you (blank or blank), my reaction to a situation described in one word...that kind of stuff. After that, he asked to hear my story after reading the information sent to him from IPN. He concluded that there was no diagnosable disorder (no addiction or underlying psych issues) other than an acute episode of opioid use and made the suggestion of just monitoring. That result from him was sent back to my original evaluator/addiction specialist in Gainesville, FL where he reviewed it and gave his recommendation to IPN as well, which was just what the neuropsychologist said.

I'm assuming he sent me to the me there for the personality testing because he didn't find anything pointing to an addiction other than the one time use I admitted too and there just wasn't anything to go on. He was difficult to work with in the evaluation and kept saying that he would just sit there until I told him the truth that there was no such thing as someone only using just once (my situation was I used an opioid and beta blocker from work to counteract the chest pain and heart problems I had been just diagnosed with a week prior after having stayed in cardiac ICU for a week.) Not the best decision on my part as it got me tangled up with IPN.

But the neuropsych Dr was amazing, very sweet, understanding and easy to talk too.

My contract is only for 2 years and requires just monitoring via random drug testing like everyone else and nurse support group meetings weekly. I did have a 6month key restriction as I was told it's standard for anyone who was referred to IPN for opioid use, however, I didn't have an issue finding a job. I found one and was hired within a week of submitting about 25 applications via Indeed.

Yes IPN is annoying but I don't find it that big of a hinderance as there is always a need for nurses, I live in a very populated area and have/will have no trouble finding jobs. And luckily, my contract is very minimal. You do something bad and you have to make up for it, plain and simple. It's a learning experience and then I move on with the rest of my long life.

Good luck to you and feel free to ask anymore questions!!

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Thank you for the info, all my drug test have came back negative, urine, blood and hair follicle. Now they are wanting me to go do these tests. Do you have the name of the facility in winter park or the name of doctor? That would be great. Also, how much was it for the additional testing?

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According to allnurses.com rules, I can't post the name of the doctor...I did that once and they deleted that out of my post. He is the only one in Winter Park, FL off the list IPN gives you. He has a German sounding last name and it's two words (like Val Dam)....that's the best I can do I think. Just take a look at the list IPN gives you. And it wasn't expensive. He charged $180. Good luck!!

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Thanks so much! I will look. They are having me do a multi day comprehensive evaluation to include a psychological evaluation an neurocognitive testing, including an appropriate battery of psychometric assessments. You must also undergo personality testing as a component of the psychological evaluation.

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There is so many, [email protected] is my email address. If you could email me that would be amazing.

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@sheracraft Can you give a hint on your IPN evaluator in Gainesville? I'd message you but I don't have enough posts.

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