Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Assessment

Are you curious about the meaning of a multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis? Are you looking for interventions that can improve your life after you or a loved one’s diagnosis of MS? Have you been referred for a mental health consultation after receiving a diagnosis?

Thoughtwise in Tallahassee is a neuropsychological, psychological, and mental health assessment, intervention, and treatment center. We offer a wide number of options for you, your loved ones, and the enhancement of your mental health.

What is MS?

MS is defined as an autoimmune condition in which the immune system destroys segments of myelin throughout the brain or nervous system.

There are three different types of MS:

• Relapsing and remitting: When symptoms and recovery fluctuate.
• Secondary progressive: When fluctuations of recovery minimize, and symptoms progress.
• Primary progressive: When symptoms progress from the beginning.

Some things you should know about an MS diagnosis:

• Myelin is a fatty-like substance that protects your neurons, it increases the efficiency of the signals that your body tells itself.
• These signals allow you to move, think, and do many other things.
• Neurons are cells that transmit commands throughout your brain and body.
• Your body depends on neurons to operate.
• If myelin is damaged, plaques may form around the neuron.
• If neurons or myelin are damaged, your body may not work exactly how you are telling it to.
• Direct connections made in your body may be distorted.
• The symptoms or difficulties stemming from MS may come and go.

What can Thoughtwise do about my diagnosis of MS?

Mental health and normal functioning are all influenced by MS. There are many interventions that can directly target the negative effects of MS on your health.

At Thoughtwise we can offer you expert consultations, counseling, neuropsychological assessment, and other interventions to assess and help you maintain your utmost wellness after a diagnosis of MS.

Thoughtwise can offer you services through telehealth.

While MS influences mental health and functioning, you can continue to work on many aspects of your health through exercise, and you can still build skills and reserves against the effects of MS.

Will neuropsychological interventions be helpful to me?

At Thoughtwise, we can work with you to continue to monitor the effects and severity of MS through comprehensive evaluations. Sometimes monitoring and receiving feedback about how you are changing assists you to make adjustments in your life that improve your quality of life.

Building cognitive reserve, and upkeeping and exercising the abilities that you have are some of the recommendations for medical schools and modern doctors to increase the quality of life after a diagnosis of MS.

At Thoughtwise we can assist you to continue to build skill sets, and strengthen yourself through:

• Mental-health treatment.
• Counseling/therapy.
• Trainings that aim to help minimize the severity of symptoms.
• Increasing protective factors.
• Recommendations for assistive technology and devices. that help you. Such as using brain-games, brain-trainings, or assistive devices for scheduling/memory.