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bleary said: 

OK theee thoughts when you read the FAQ.

See: “I heard SPECT has a poor resolution , some refer to it as poor man’s PET”— he is saying that the resolution of PET scans is better than SPECT, but for some reason he upholds their “clinical reading” of scans is better. Ask him if it’s indicated for you to have SPECT.

Two, your visit is NOT covered by insurance. May want to consider that.

 

Three, how did you find their clinic. He says the scans are indicated, mostly in traumatic brain injury and addiction —but also some subtypes of disorders where patients just “get stuck”

—-did you walk in off the Internet (he’s a New York Times bestselling physician) or did you get a referral ?

 

 1) interesting......here is info on PET scans https://cerescan.com/services/pet-brain-imaging/ it doesnt seem to be as focused on psychiatry as the SPECT scans, seems like its looking instead for abnormalities that might be results of Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, traumatic brain injury, brain tumor, epilepsy or movement disorders (such as Parkinson’s disease). also the SPECT scans seem to be more thorough, its going to take 3 days to finish all the scanning

2) my mother is paying for it and can afford it

3) my mother found it online and scheduled the appointment(s). I have been freaking out lately and going to some really dark places mentally and fear about the future if i keep sabotaging myself and since psychiatric meds dont seem to work for me(although there are a couple meds i might try together for the first time after the scans, i havent tried them together yet and they are the 2 that have had the least side effects)

most of my depression/anxiety comes from the uncontrollable drive in me to self-sabotage, and medications dont really stop that drive so normal anti-depressants/mood stabilizers do not work on me because they are not stopping the root cause of all of my problems. those type of meds can work on a lot of people, but they dont work on me very well. i can keep myself in positive moods well enough and my anxiety is there for a damn good reason its because i have an uncontrollable mental illness

Billy said: 

what information are they hoping to get from your brain scan? is this a prerequisite for them to prescribe you drugs?

 

 It seems like they are more into natural medication first, even IVing nutrients which is fascinating since i think i might have a hard time absorbing nutrients but im not really sure. i do not know all the details of their treatment plans yet. I think they leave the pharmaceutical meds as more of a last resort or optional(which i respect and am happy about) although they probably can advise which meds are most likely to be effective based on the brain scans more accurately

Tryptamine said: 

based on what you say, sounds like possible hypofrontality. but a lot of what you are worried about sounds related to mood, and that's probably not going to show up. post results, i am interested

 ok I will post the results, I am very intrigued too. hypofrontality seems very possible yeah. lately I am becoming more accepting of the fact I am mentally ill instead of trying to downplay it, mostly because im scared of how much it has already sabotaged in my life and it seems to not be slowing down and possibly even speeding up

innocentmermaid said: 

  i think i might have a hard time absorbing nutrients but im not really sure. 

Looks like you don't have a problem absorbing anything from your food.

innocentmermaid said: 

its like internal bpd that i try to keep supressed instead of the normal extroverted form of bpd where like you cut yourself and do a lot of risky behaviors but my version is like turned inwards idk its really really weird and scaring the fuck out of me because im not in control of it, its controlling me

 You're under attack. 

AdequatelyMaimed said: 

innocentmermaid said: 

  i think i might have a hard time absorbing nutrients but im not really sure. 

Looks like you don't have a problem absorbing anything from your food.

 0.0 thats not me im innocentmermaid

Spatial Mind said: 

innocentmermaid said: 

its like internal bpd that i try to keep supressed instead of the normal extroverted form of bpd where like you cut yourself and do a lot of risky behaviors but my version is like turned inwards idk its really really weird and scaring the fuck out of me because im not in control of it, its controlling me

 You're under attack. 

 this isnt a spiritual thing spatial its a mental illness thing

besides I believe in Christian universalism and in everyone eventually getting redeemed

AdequatelyMaimed said: 

innocentmermaid said: 

  i think i might have a hard time absorbing nutrients but im not really sure. 

Looks like you don't have a problem absorbing anything from your food.

 ROFL😂

People on this forum seem to be quite obsessed with the Aubrieta girl, Interesting

Doc will be shocked when he doesn't see a brain in her.