Appointment prep
Prepare for an autoimmune encephalitis evaluation
Sudden psychiatric symptoms, seizures, memory loss, and movement disorders after infection or without obvious cause are frequently labeled as primary psychiatric illness. Medvo helps you document the acute onset and request antibody testing and neurology referral — framed as evaluation, never diagnosis.
Symptoms patients describe
- · Rapid personality change, confusion, or psychosis-like symptoms
- · New seizures, memory problems, or abnormal movements
- · Symptoms that started after a viral illness or vaccination
Tests & referrals to request
Framed as evaluation — your clinician decides what is appropriate.
- · Autoimmune encephalitis antibody panel in blood and CSF
- · Referral to a neurologist or neuroimmunologist experienced in autoimmune encephalitis
- · MRI, EEG, and lumbar puncture when clinically indicated
If you've been dismissed
- · Symptoms called 'psychiatric' or 'functional' without neurological workup
- · No antibody testing despite acute onset and red-flag features