In such cases, you might encourage your doctor to consider getting you neuropsychological testing, a qEEG, or a SPECT scan.

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Finally in May 2010 after spinal taps, neuropsychological testing, MRIs and other tests, the doctor told him he had early onset Alzheimer's.

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Practically speaking, if you are going to see a busy primary-care doctor for your evaluation, the time available to take a history may be brief, and access to neuropsychological testing nonexistent.

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