Has any one had sedation before MRI as a very anxious person I have been offered this option as I don't think I will be able to go through with it,
would love to hear from any one who has
Hi.
With sedation you will be fine. You will feel sleepy and relaxed. The procedure doesn't take long.
You can even choose what type of music you want to listen to. They can get you out on seconds if you panic, but I doubt you will.
They can talk to you while you are going through the MRI.
You didn't say which part the MRI is for?
Which part? Xxx
Hi Linda, it's for the brain after my recent stroke, I suffer bad with anxiety any way, when they told me I had to have one I panicked so much I thought my tongue was going to slip back down my throat and felt I was going to choke, and faint, OMG what a state to get in, 😳, does it totally relax you
Good news!! Only your head will be in the scan. I had a stroke on the left temporal side so know what you are going through.
You will be fine, honest, when is it?
I will be thinking of you and cyber holding your hand.
With love, Linda xxx
Ah thanks Linda, it's on the 19th of December at 12, how did you get on with yours, are you ok now xx
Yes I am fine, no after effects at,all so I am lucky.
If you feel no after effects now, you will not receive any after your stroke.
Its my brother in laws birthday 🎂.
I will sincerely be thinking of you and if you want you can private message me by clicking on the envelope next to my name.
With love, Linda xx
Hi there, I have had 6 MRI scans, due to a disc herniation in my spine, and 2 of them where because I had a ? TIA, I had no sedation for mine, but it does not bother me, but if you are worried, I would definetley have sedation, as this will relax you and you will feel fine.
All the best with the scan, and here;s to a speedy recovery.
Thanks Gavin, think I will opt for the sedation, Dreading it lol,
They gave me a buzzer to hold and it took approx 5 mins tops.
The worst part was my fat botty just fitted the beam ha ha
You'll be fine trust me xx
Good luck
Win xx
Haha Winnie, did you have the buzzer as well as sedation, why did you have a buzzer couldn't you talk xxx
Buzzer was for reassurance Karen,
I never had it/oral sedation as I wanted to go to Cafe afterwards and my tum rules my head
Good Luck and you'll be okay xx Now say after me "Relax I am fine"
Relax I'll be fine, lol xxx
Did it work lol xx
Honest you'll be fine. Say after me "I'll be hunky dory nothing can harm
me as I am invincible" ha ha xxxxxxxxx (made myself laugh)
Then have a cake and cuppa afterwards xx
I will take all your advice Winnie haha, you are funny xxx
You will be okay as I was worried also as it's not knowing xx
All it does is go clunk clonk then stops, then again and you lay there thinking "hurry up you lot" while holding buzzer.
As I said the buzzer is in case !! Now do not be scared as I was but not anymore.
Whats your fav song ? sing it xx not out loud though lol
love
Win xxxx
Ok I will sing to myself lol, did you have it on your brain or else where, I don't know why I'm so scared, lol, I've sen them on casualty etc, and thought to my self, god I would never go in one of those, little did I know, Bloody stroke xxx
I had an SAH ie brain anni/stroke. 2009 out of it until 2010 an I had shunt fitted for hydrocephelus
I was so scared a few months back well about a year lol as I had a swelling at temples and they had to do a CRI scan (is that the doughnut one) ? I don't know lol..anyway all was okay and still got swollen temples. Since then the OT's said I wouldn't walk again but I can walk
approx 60/100 yards. My back hurts after that.
So what stroke did you have ?
Win xxx
Hi Karen,
I am claustophobic and I was offered oral sedation by the doctor to have an MRI but it did not work, So a decision was made to use an IV sedation stronger than oral "supposedly" but there was in fighting between the doctors because of my other health condition, the head doctor of neurology told the doctor treating me for my TIA that he wants an anethatist present whilst an IV sedation was going but the other doctor said no he would be present if anything went wrong.....in the end it never happened and was just diagnosed with a TIA as the symptoms all fell into place....I've since had 2 more of these warnings and there was a new head of neurology and he just put it down to a migraine headache...mind you I have never suffered migraines at all in my entire life, it is possible to develop them later in life but I don't believe they were migraines, I have in laws that suffer migraines and they tell me they can "usually" tell when they are coming and they don't get the other TIA symptoms...
So if it happens again I don't know what they are going to do ...CT Scan has shown up normal ....
Oh dear, that's not good especially as you had two more episodes, were you mo medication after the first one, which should of prevented the next ones, Shame you couldn't have had the MRI as it would of shed some light on it maybe ..
Oh win, you've had a bit of experience then... I'm not sure they are treating it as a TIA as it showed on my donut scan! as you call it lol, But they want to do a MRI to confirm it! also a echocardiogram for fast heart beat! I'm thinking that's due from being anxious! What I wonder is unless it's the small minority on here, that once you have one TIA you have more! thought the medication prevented more occurrences , and it was a warning! other wise you keep thinking your going to have one every time you twitch xxx