Posted by huxley on October 18, 2010, at 17:10:12
In reply to Re: Thinking of coming off meds » Maxime, posted by SLS on October 18, 2010, at 4:51:49
> > No,no, I meant a scan of my pituary gland and my thyroid. Not one of my brain (PET Scan), although would be very cool to see.
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> Or very horrifying. Most of my cerebral cortex was hypofunctional as was indicated by the color blue on repeated PET scans. This compares with healthy individuals whose brains shows up globally yellow and orange except for the ventricles. It was a horrendous finding to see how globally my brain function is affected by depression. It was not so pleasant a revelation that the U.S. NIH considered me to be "very sick".
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> - ScottSerious question. Was this scan before you started taking medication? If it was after, how do you know it wasn't a result of the medication.
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