ill add that to my list. thanks
put magnetic effects on the himan body and look up the title what magnetic firlds do to your brain and bidy - the crux
put magnetic effects on the himan body and look up the title what magnetic firlds do to your brain and bidy - the crux
It’s comforting to know that others have had strange experiences as well. During my MRI it felt as though i was almost separating from my body when it would start up. During some parts i would feel like i was being condensed into myself and it made the bones in my arms and legs uncomfortable. Afterwards i was light headed and continued to have joint and bone pain throughout the day. A very weird experience
i had a very strange reaction during my first MRI scan recently! I experienced similar things as far as physically with my body and brain. It also came to a point that was VERY weird and kind of hard to explain. The only way I can put it is that it made my existence, in my brain at least, feel like I was one of those little corndog nuggets or corndog babies (whichever you prefer). It was definitely one of the stranger things I’ve ever experienced.
Just of interest to everyone have a read of ncbi.nlm.nih.govt “Magnetic field influence on central nervous system function”
and
“Static magnetic field modulates rhythmic activities of a cluster of large local interneurons in Drosophila antennal lobe”
https://www.physiology.org/doi/pdf/10.1152/jn.00067.2011
These are static magnetic fields but I find it interesting.
Regards to all
Nicola
Another place to read up on MRI
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sshepherd/research/Shielding/docs/Schenck_00.pdf
Safety of Strong, Static Magnetic Fields
John F. Schenck, MD, PhD*
please read as this might explain some reactions
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/gadolinium-concerns-1.5239055
This is just a bit of helpful info for everyone.
I went for my 3rd MRI scan (2nd head, neck and spine scan at 3T) today.
I had told the MRI technologist after my second MRI about my experience and just got told it is only sensations in my peripheral nerves. I thought… yeah and were do they go.
I told the neurologist about it and he hadn’t heard any issues with MRI. He sends many a patient off to get a scans. Me thinks … he really doesn’t want to divulge any info does he? Claustrophobia and anxiousness was crossed off our lists as possible causes. In spite of all that he prescribes me Diazepam to eliminate any anxiousness.
Today I told the MRI technologist my last MRI experience and asked her if they do one complete scan or two. She said they do several so there is no need to worry about stuffing a scan up cause we can do it again or we can leave it - its up to you. She was really good about it. I didn’t tell her I had taken a Diazepam pill before today’s scan.
So I was scanned in sections and had no strange reaction. I asked the MRI Tech about all this and she said that sometimes we are anxious and we don’t sense it. Well all I can say is that is a lot better answer than the ones I have heard.
I wonder has anyone else out there tried this and still have sensations?? Or have they gone cold turkey like in my first and second scans and had the $##%$# taken out of them?
Hope your all doing well as you can
Regards
Nicola
I had a very similar experience. I recently went for a shoulder MRI for a labrum tear. I too would see colors and shapes dependent on the sound. Oddly enough it was also yellow points dissolving into purple blobs. That is pretty interesting that we both saw the same colors and the same shapes and order of the colors. I also had a twitch in my side that would follow the rhythm of the sounds from the MRI.
YESSS!!! I felt like the same brain pulling thing! Like a fishhook pulling from the center of my brain with an intense pressure. I can’t remember taking notice of any colors in particular though.
I am a 71 year old female. I started with a quick onset of partial blindness in my right eye. With pressure around both eyes but primarily around my right eye. The doctor that I ultimately saw said it was fluid that you might see from a head injury collecting around my eyes. I was scheduled for an MRI to scan my brain and the brain stem. The day of my MRI I was to have the procedure without contrast then with contrast. I went in with my ear plugs and my ear phones (or ear muffs what ever they are called) on ready for a relaxing but relatively comfortable experience, or so I was told. A few seconds into the scan I began to feel a tingling sensation around my mouth and nose this wasn’t to terribly uncomfortable then my whole body began to tingle all the way to my toes. The sensation continued to increase with intensity it was as thought I was experiencing something like restless leg syndrome from my face to my toes unending for at least thirty minutes I was trying not to move but this was very difficult he finally pulled me out, and told me not to move and said I had 25 minutes more. I then tried very hard not to move but the sensation continued to increase in intensity, I began to have small (it seemed) muscle spasms from face, shoulders down to my toes, all the time I was trying to remain as still as possible finally I squeezed the call bell to alert the technician and he pulled me out with disgust and said that they would start the contrast. I was returned this time I felt no discomfort at all as a matter of fact I began to doze when he removed me from the MRI machine.
I was extremely tired and ached all over. This lasted for about three days. This was four days ago and I am finally feeling better. This week I go in for my results. This should be interesting. Also when I came out of the MRI chamber I began to tell my story to the techs and was told that in essence it was my imagination. This concerned me until I read your post. Thank you
I know this is an older discussion but I just happened upon it while trying to research what could explain my recent MRI. I have had a few ct scans and didnt have any issues and I had an MRV of my brain aboit a month ago without an issue. A few days ago i had an MRI and it was very odd. It had of course a variety of loud noises…one in particular was a different sound than with the MRV. This one particular sound make my head tense up and make my brain feel like it was being squeezed and made it feel like it was going to explode or pop. My ears also became very sensitive. It was super scary. I am still waiting for the results and I. havent talked to anyone yet about it (I told my husband and mom and they looked at me like I was crazy). From reading comments on here I get the feeling that it may be how some peoples bodys process what is going on…like a coping mechanism of some sorts.
the technician told me it was anxiety.
sorry, Ive been through a lot of things in my life that caused minor anxiety.
this MRI experience was not anxiety.
sweats, pressure, etc. i stopped it immediately and went and had an open MRI..although staying still for all that time was tough, there was no signs if the symptoms I had related to the closed. i wont do another tube MRI
ill take it that they think I’m a nut.
I wasn’t worried at all about the procedure MY DESCRIPTION WAS NOT IN MY HEAD At first I thought it was interesting but it got continuously more intense I was not impressed with the attendant’s reaction or lack of it I staggered out of there like I was drunk She didn’t help me at all
yes i felt horrible especially the next day i had a headace and feeling weak
I had my first ever MRI today, bilateral breast MRI… where you lay face down on the table, arms stretched above your head, breathing an open hole with a sternum bar between the breasts, then a propped up hard pillow to support laying up on to the box your breasts go into. Ouch, so uncomfortable. I had those squeeze ear plugs, nothing else.
I did well the first 30 minutes, staying perfectly still. Then the last cycle of images before they would inject the contrast made me feel dizzy, like the air was sucked out of the room, sweating profusely, and I felt as though I would pass put. I tried to breathe thorough it but it was just getting worse. I hit the panic button and told the tech what happened, she said I was probably just hot. So we reset and I went in again, as soon as that same noise started again all the same physical sensations came back. Here’s the thing, being on your stomach, you have no idea if you’re in or out of that tube! I pushed the panic button again! This time, I stripped down to nothing but underwear. Pulled my hair into a ponytail to alleviate the heat and the tech got my head phones (no music). I did much better and was much cooler. Then the dye came, within minutes all the same issues started again, over heated, clammy, dizzy, and going to black out! I hit the panic button again. I felt like such a loser not being able to handle the last bit of the MRI. I wasn’t anxious, I didn’t even know when I was in the tube! When I got home, I was exhausted like “hit by a mack truck” exhausted! I napped 2 hours! I was famished and dehydrated too…I don’t know why or how and there is no clinical information out there to explain why this happened to me! Im usually a compliant patient, I can power through anything… until now. Waiting too see if the doctor can use any of the good images at the start of the MRI or if I have to go back for round two!
Hi Anne98252, just my advice… Your not a wooosse. Listen to your body first. provide what the doctors need second. if the body says it doesnt like it as you describe then don’t go through with the procedure. Kia kaha Nicola
Thanks, Nicola! I needed someone to tell me that! it’s now been 24 hours since the test and I’m finally starting to feel normal. I just can’t believe that there’s not much info out there about side effects of an MRI. Just because there’s a small percentage of us that feel the effects doesn’t mean it should be discounted. I think if I could have gotten ice packs to lower my body temperature and the tech telling me how long each cycle was, I would have done much better. My doctor just wanted to give me a sedative… I wasn’t nervous, I was hot!
I had the same thing happen to me, it took a good 24 hours to feel “normal”. I got so dizzy during my MRI to the point I thought I’d pass out–I had to stop and restart my MRI 3x. I didn’t end up finishing it…