Did you have a brain scan for your dianosis?

[karen70]

I've been reading so much lately but I wondered how many, if any of you had a brain scan before your diagnosis?
Or is this a part of the diagnosis process??

 

[unsurewhattoname]

No brain scan for me. Wish I did though, I wonder what my brain looks like.

 

[On the Inside]

I didn't have one, and haven't heard of it used for a diagnosis normally. I did have brain scans well before, being assessed for seizure disorder, which showed some abnormality in the hippocampus formation. Not sure of a conection, but I have read some studies linking abnormalities in the hippocampus and amygdala with ASD.

 

[karen70]

Yeah, its the amygdala that interests me from what research I have done previously with something else. However apparently brain scans can be used to determine whether aspergers is present or not.
Thank you for your replies

 

[Tom]

Yes but for headaches. They found some homeless people living up there and evicted them. It was sad.

I also had a really cool full body radioactive scan. It was like a full body X-ray that showed me my whole skeleton. Mine reminded me of an Orc.

 

[Southern Discomfort]

I was supposed to have one but my stupid GP blocked it. It wouldn't only be for autism though, it would have been checking for things like seizure activity, depression, schizophrenia. I have a whole range of mental health problems hence seeing a psychiatrist.

 

[Nitro]

https://autism-center.ucsd.edu/what-causes-autism/Pages/brain-research.aspx
I guess they have this pretty down now for really early infant detection that allows for quicker intervention.

I have seen my brain in x-rays many times and in CT scans a few times. It is really freaky to see what is inside your own head. Just yesterday,I got to see the x-rays of my brain again after I had a cervical set taken for a back injury. The images show my added hardware that held my skull together and the shunt and silicone tubing that vents it to my belly. I got to see the anti-siphon valve that is near my collar bone that was placed there after they decided that I was still having balance issues caused by the abrupt way I had to use to rise from a wheelchair. I had about 1/4 of my left side of my skull removed the night of my accident to prevent more damage from the swelling that occurs after a serious impact.
I was given a picture of myself during the holidays that shows me wearing a plastic bump hat that protected my brain from further injury while my skull was sectioned and was only covered by my scalp. That went on for a couple months as I have been told.
My skull is one torn up mess now,with a deep fissure in my left forehead and what I call my hand hold on the left rear where the part of my skull shrank after it was frozen. I was not supposed to make it and the first fixes were considered necessary to keep what was left of me alive for a few more days.Sorry for their luck,two weeks after my accident and about a week after my family had me removed from support,planned my funeral and picked out my last box,I came out of my coma and started asking questions. It's baaaack and it wants answers...now!

I was asked to become a study subject in a brain imaging project that allowed a surgeon to closely look at the damages involved before and after surgery for a traumatic brain injury. I was turned down due to the added intercranial/peritonial shunt that was put in my brain to balance the pressure between my hemispheres.The lil bugger can be externally adjusted by placing a tool to my skull and dialing in the number electrically. The magnetic imaging they were using was not favorable to the workings of it after the scan.

 

[karen70]

https://autism-center.ucsd.edu/what-causes-autism/Pages/brain-research.aspx
I guess they have this pretty down now for really early infant detection that allows for quicker intervention.

I have seen my brain in x-rays many times and in CT scans a few times. It is really freaky to see what is inside your own head. Just yesterday,I got to see the x-rays of my brain again after I had a cervical set taken for a back injury. The images show my added hardware that held my skull together and the shunt and silicone tubing that vents it to my belly. I got to see the anti-siphon valve that is near my collar bone that was placed there after they decided that I was still having balance issues caused by the abrupt way I had to use to rise from a wheelchair. I had about 1/4 of my left side of my skull removed the night of my accident to prevent more damage from the swelling that occurs after a serious impact.
I was given a picture of myself during the holidays that shows me wearing a plastic bump hat that protected my brain from further injury while my skull was sectioned and was only covered by my scalp. That went on for a couple months as I have been told.
My skull is one torn up mess now,with a deep fissure in my left forehead and what I call my hand hold on the left rear where the part of my skull shrank after it was frozen. I was not supposed to make it and the first fixes were considered necessary to keep what was left of me alive for a few more days.Sorry for their luck,two weeks after my accident and about a week after my family had me removed from support,planned my funeral and picked out my last box,I came out of my coma and started asking questions. It's baaaack and it wants answers...now!

I was asked to become a study subject in a brain imaging project that allowed a surgeon to closely look at the damages involved before and after surgery for a traumatic brain injury. I was turned down due to the added intercranial/peritonial shunt that was put in my brain to balance the pressure between my hemispheres.The lil bugger can be externally adjusted by placing a tool to my skull and dialing in the number electrically. The magnetic imaging they were using was not favorable to the workings of it after the scan.

 

[karen70]

That was the part I was interested in, premature birth.

Thank you for sharing your remarkable experience x

 

[Nitro]

That was the part I was interested in, premature birth.

Thank you for sharing your remarkable experience x

I crossed the five year survivor threshold last September and hope for 20 more...I realize that I am pretty beat up,but who can tell? I can and have taken some pretty serious beatings along the path.

I am still in the process of what many consider a very amazing recovery from an infantile state. The last set of pros that worked with my cognitive issues have me highlighted on their web page as a very amazing success story. I did nothing but push myself to make me as whole as possible.
I do a lot of advocacy work for my brain damaged peers. I am one of the very outgoing auties that uses nothing more than a learned response to what society expects. Public speaking becomes easy because it is scripted and I can follow my notes