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MRI scan of head

Jenny Butterfly

Just wondering - would an MRI scan of the head for the purpose of checking for aneurysms also give other information regarding brain structures such as the amygdalae?  I've just had one done but think that the report will probably only focus on the medics' original purpose.  I'd like to know whether my amygdalae have been affected by the "anxiety years", or indeed whether they were larger to start with (so that I was always going to be prone to anxiety, irrespective of being autistic/in a neurominority).     

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  • I have thought about this myself and what a scan could tell you but then thought, what would it matter what it told you ? What could you gain from it ? You would still be in the same position with or without it don't you think ? I understand we all want to know why but at the end of the day we have to live with how we are unless there is some procedure or treatment proven beneficial to the condition. 

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  • I have thought about this myself and what a scan could tell you but then thought, what would it matter what it told you ? What could you gain from it ? You would still be in the same position with or without it don't you think ? I understand we all want to know why but at the end of the day we have to live with how we are unless there is some procedure or treatment proven beneficial to the condition. 

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  • in reply to Turtle

    Ah, after decades I'm managing OK now and there's no need for any procedure or treatment (well, maybe a few edibles from time to time).  I just think it would have some explanatory value and I'd feel validated that I was, in fact, always somewhat different in that regard.  Moreover I've been told many times over the years that "Everyone gets nervous" or "We all get butterflies sometimes" by people who were basically wanting me to just shut up and put up and keep persisting because they felt that was what they did and I just didn't have the gumption for it.  Proof of a physical difference would therefore be very interesting to me and, since I've gone through the procedure for a different issue, it might just be easy to obtain.