Posted by deniseuk on March 30, 2006, at 9:26:47
In reply to Re: psychotherapy CAN alter brain chemistry! » yxibow, posted by linkadge on March 27, 2006, at 19:06:54
This is slightly off the track of the thread but it really irritates me when I see all these studies on depression where they are doing more sophisticated scans like fMRIs.
Here I am 20 years of taking different medication (which I hasten to add I've been extremely grateful for) but which is doing God knows what to my brain and not once have I been offered a brain scan, I've just been offered a CT Scan but can't have an fMRI scan because they don't do them at my local hospital.
Although I know that it hasn't been proven that fMRI scans can really dedect activity in areas of the brain because increased blood flow in a certain area doesn't necessarily mean increased activity in that area but as they are using these types of scans in the studies then why aren't patients beeing given them.
I would really like to know what my brain is doing when I'm feeling suicidal pre taking a Zyprexa and after taking one when the suicidal feelings go away.Just like years ago when I couldn't quite believe how much prothiaden was helping me I really wanted to know what it was doing and why it was helping.
Maybe if I had of had scans throughout the years of being depressed and taking medication and not being depressed and then coming off medication for three years and not being depressed, then getting depressed again and taking the same medication and it not working then maybe they would have seen a pattern emerging.
It really pisses me off.
Companies are using these scans just purely for advertising reasons and to make moneyYet how many people on this board have ever even been offered a fMRI scan or a PET Scan.
Denise
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