i just spent 45 minutes in that tube. i almost hit the panic button halfway in. i'm claustrophobic and twitchy. they gave me 2 xanax 30 mins before i went in. i would never had made i without them. it a very anxious feeling. the more i thought about it the more i freaked out. it's hella loud and it vibrates and thunks and then just goes quiet. then it moves a little and starts all over. i don't now why it scares me but it just does. i fear being trapped in there. it got quiet for a few minutes and i thought maybe she forgot about me. there was just enough room at the very end that if i tilted my head waaaaay back i could see the edge of the chamber and half a ceiling tile. that's the only thing that saved me. i closed me eyes and it made it worse. then i kept dosing off from the xanax but then the machine would jolt or change sounds and wake me. i would freak when i woke. just an all around trying experience. hopefully i will never have to do that again. it took a lot of mind over matter for me.

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Was it really the MRI that bothered you? Or was it the electrodes they had attached, just before they popped you in the oven?

Why dont they play music into the room?
Does it interfere with the scan?
I also don't like stuff like that as i have a fear of passing out and not being able to breathe which seems to be linked to my insomnia

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I hate those things...when I first went blind they were sticking me in those things all the time...everytime I went to a new specialist they were like "we need to get an MRI" and finally I freaked out so they started using the open MRI which is much better..

I just had an mri done about 6 months ago. It was no fund and they kept saying I moved and they had to redo the shot. It a long long time, I almost did not make it. I have nerve problem from a work accident, they say i will never get better, I hope my state gets MM soon or I might have to move.

no electrodes. no iv's. just me in a casket for waaay to long. it took all my will power to pull thru it. i've been waiting for this for several months now so i had to make it. she said, "at any time you feel your going to freak out then push the panic button and we will eject you. then we will call your DR." she made it sound like i would get in trouble. i love curling up in a small corner. it makes me feel safe. but to be trapped in that tube. no thank you.

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no iv's?
when i had my cat scan (is that the same? i really don't know) they pumped me full of this shit that would make it easier to see what they wanted or something...


you could seriuosly feel a warm fuzzy sensation slowly take over where it was travleing in your blood...

i felt like i was in a michael crighton book...

only to find out theres nothing too seriously wrong

... ftw

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Dont know if its true but i heard welders and steel workers cant have MRIs for a durration after being in the trade because if they have imbedded steel in the skin or lungs this can effect the scan . It was on a medical card i filled out a few years ago . Anybody heard of this ?

makes sense...it's a great big magnet..

Ask for an Open MRI. If that's not an option for whatever reason, tell them you're claustrophobic, and you need some Attivan, or something else to take the edge off. It's a good idea to talk this over with ur doc beforehand, cuz if u tell them u need something while ur in the MRI suite, they're gonna have to find a doc to write you an order anyhow, and then find you the meds, which is always a pain in the ass for everyone involved. Good luck with this!

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