Posted by tendency on March 31, 2005, at 17:45:29
In reply to Re: switch to trileptal from lamictal? » tendency, posted by theo on March 31, 2005, at 16:08:26
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> How was the brain imaging at Amen? I've thought about doing that, but like you said, after $6,000.00 and some visual images, I would probably end up with the same diagnosis on the same meds. I guess the good thing would be being able to see some visual proof versus a doctors guess. But even then, there is still the hit and miss of trying different classes of meds.
i was quite impressed. seems to be the closest thing there is to a definitive medical diagnoses as pdocs rely upon there clinical experience. it's really an art form more than hard science (in my opinion) which i why the amen clinic so appealed to me.
it wasnt $6K. if memory servers it was around $1K per scan and i did two as that is necessary for an add diagnoses.
what impressed me the most is how amen (who reviews each scan and writes up his interpretation along with med recommendations) was able to nail my diagnoses so accurately based solely upon the imaging. he's seeing so many of these (i think around 15k) that he's been able to rather accurately correlate the brain images with different ailments.
unfortunately for me it was worse than i had hoped but at the same time was very reassuring for another opinion. i had been in denial for many years about my condition and seeing this 'hard evidence' is what convinced me i had to take this more serious and look for medical treatment.
all in all, definitely worth it.
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