Review for Robert Michael Izor MD

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful: Submitted on 12/2/2009 11:54:51 AM

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Dr. Izor is incredibly knowledgeable about movement disorders and he is very thorough. He is not warm at the bedside but he is very professional. He's fellowship trained in movement disorders. Of the movement disorder specialists I've seen he was the only one to quickly run the correct tests and pull a correct diagnosis out of the bag of atypical symptoms I had. It seemed to me and to him that solid evidence of the diagnosis had been established--being that he had performed invasive procedures based on this diagnosis. When much later another physician (considered an authority in neurology) had a different opinion on the diagnosis (an opinion made in less than 10min). I was dismissed and told to seek heavy anti-psychotics and intensive therapy. So I did. I attended several sessions over a period of months with a psychiatrist (one considered an authority in his field) and I have a 1000.00+ bill after insurance kicked in their portion and have been told there is nothing psychologically wrong with me except for some dysthymia. Well at least I know I'm not a nut. Traditionally a psychogenic diagnosis is one of exclusion- so unless you can rule out everything else you cannot make a psychogenic diagnosis. According to "Clinical Neuropsychology" by Snyder and Nussbaum published by the American Psychological Association as many as 6-30% of those diagnosed with a psychogenic movement disorder are ultimately found to have an organic one. In reference to the last review post fibromyalgia is poorly understood and just because he is not a physician that specializes in the treatment of pain syndromes doesn't mean he should dismiss you- much less (because it is so poorly understood) tell you that you are a nut and advise to go get expensive psychiatric treatment on his first examination of you. He should have referred you to a pain specialist who can better determine (and treat)the source of your pain. My advise to those seeking expert care for movement disorders in Austin- go to Dallas! There is also a new movement disorder center opening up at Scott and White in Round Rock/Temple and the doc's there seem pretty reputable. I think Dr. Izor may be too quick to dismiss people and doesn't seem to be able to stand by his own diagnosis- a doctor confident in his abilities doesn't do this.
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