Yesturday I went for a MRI of my lumbar, cervical, and thoracic spine along w/ a CINE flow of the brain. Well, I freaked out and had a panic attack and couldnt do it. My doctor gave me valium before hand but that didnt have any affect on me. Anyone have any suggestions.....I need to have this done but I just couldnt be so confined like that. They gave me these big headphones to listed to musice, but then they put this device around my neck which was pushing on my chest and put another device around my head.....there was no way I was going to be able to lay there for 2 hours. Suggestions???
my doc gives me lorazepam it is the generic form of ativan. That is what works for me,until the doc stopped prescribing prior to my MRI's now I suffer
Get them to schedule your MRI in an Open MRI machine. I am sure there has to be one somewhere close to you. It's more like a xray machine. It is open on all four sides. It's not made like a pipe. We have three in Richmond Va. I am sure if you talk to the department wherever you went, they can tell who has one.
get some medication to relax you!