Wotcher,

we just got through being an advocate for a friend facing medical testing, hospitalizations and such. w/o our persistant phone calls, and constant nudging this person would still be waiting to get into specialists.

it took our calling, and identifying ourselves as advocate to the receptionist/nurse/physician's assistant/or doctor, and chipping away at the answer no. for our friend's condition was too serious to wait as long as the medical system kept telling us.

personally the first thing that came to mind after reading your post was GET HER TO A NEUROLOGIST NOW! as in that's great they've scheduled her at the end of this month but find someone in that office that you can explain the SEVERITY of her symptoms to.

for our friend there was one office who had scheduled an appointment for six weeks from when we called. the pain this person was in was horrible to watch so we used every power word we could think of when talking with the receptionist to express how severe our friend's symptoms were..........the receptionist got our friend in THAT DAY!! not six weeks from that day!! all it took was one person hearing us spell out how serious the situation was. we hope that someone will hear you.

find a way to get her in to see a neurologist sooner than two weeks. if that doesn't turn up anything then perhaps asking the neuro. for a referral to a psychiatrist.

something about sudden onset seems more like brain injury to us......then again we're merely someone posing on a mental health site so we don't have deep knowledge about brain injury or schizophrenia or psychosis.

check the physical first if possible.........hopefully you'll get some answers there.........if not then onto the psychiatrist side of things.

good luck and take care of you too. you're handling an awful lot for your age. reach out to some trusted ppl so that you too are being supported.