Apparently all the brain scans they talk about fall under the heading of “Neuro Imaging”, (According to Wikipedia).
I’m sure it’s complicated and expensive to actually have done. The reason I bring it up is because my father is a very tangible person. And schizophrenia doesn’t really lend itself to tangibility. At least mine doesn’t. (I don’t hear voices.)
Also I’m sure I will have a Social Security review sometime in the near future. I’d like to keep my benefits, and am afraid I won’t be “on” that day. I’m sure my deficits will come across in these images so the topic interests me.
I’m not sure. All the different scans are somewhat greek to me. I had an MRI done on my ankle and it was really fascinating to see the results. I didn’t really read the Wikipedia article because I got too excited to process all the different scans they have. I just have a need for more validation with my illness.
My MRI in the image below, it shows massive brain tissue loss. However I still manage to score 148 on an IQ test and am considered very smart in the college where I work. So a poor neuroimage isn’t conclusive.
Wow!! And darn!! I thought it might give me some validation. I have intelligence but am socially inappropriate. Plus I have a huge gap on my resume so I’m feeling vulnerable about it all.
They don’t determine disability through brain scans. You and your doc just have to make the case that your symptoms, (whatever they are, doesn’t have to be voices,) are too disabling for you to earn a regular living.
Yeah, that’s not a healthy looking brain… I think you can safely say that that brain does not look normal. It looks like you’ve had a lot of grey matter loss.
I have a CD with images of my brain somewhere. I should try to find it and look at it. I haven’t even checked it, I just put it in some drawer and forgot about it.
OP: I’m not sure what you’re looking for. But a brain scan is probably not it. It is possible to see structural changes (mainly enlarged ventricles) in a minority of people with sz, but there is no way to know until after you’ve been scanned, and having structural changes doesn’t really tell you very much beyond the fact that your brain is different.
