Scans of My Brain on MD

[Rick]

Last year i didn't know the term MD and the information around it but i knew i had intrinsic motivation problems, ADD problems, and daydreaming problems since i was 4 years old.  So i paid Amen Clinics to have 2 full SPECT scans of my brain to help determine what's wrong with me.  The Amen doctor and psychiatrist  asked if i had depression or suicidal thoughts in the past.  I lied and said no.   I've had a few of those thoughts but not many.  Nor did i tell them of my MD because i didn't know how to explain it to them.  They also asked about my social life to which to told them i was essentially an introvert and tended to have stress/difficulty while communicating or socializing.   Based on the scans and my life background, the doctor told me the diagnosis with the highest probability was a nutritional deficiency, second was "Anxiety Disorder NOS (with features of social phobia)",  and third was "ADHD, predominantly inattentive type".  He also said it appeared i had experienced acute brain trauma or had taken some kind of drugs in my past.  There is a hole of decreased tracer inactivity in my right parietal lobe.  I had been knocked unconscious for over 5 minutes after i fell off a slide in 2nd grade and under 5 minutes after a martial arts accident in the Marines.  I was leg swipped and shoved to the ground back first followed by my head.  Honestly, i have never taken any addictive or illegal drugs in my past and i don't think the accidents are related.  I suspect the hole has something directly to do with my MD.  Regardless of the cause, he recommended that i take 10,000 IU of vitamin D, 65mg of iron, 25mg of zinc, and 250mg of magnesium as the scans warranted this kind of nutrition.  He also recommended 30 minutes of exercise(not surprising).  A blood test i had done with the VA showed i had a deficiency of magnesium which correlated with the Amen doctor's diagnosis.  Do many people with MD have a deficiency of magnesium?  

A year later to today, i think the nutritional supplements have helped to a small degree.  I have found it is easier for me to talk as i have less inflammation and headaches. I had problems pronouncing with my tongue before and i think the inflammation from stress had something to do with it.  Maybe the magnesium addressed this problem.   Unfortunately i still MD and my social life is still the same because my mind prefers being in a fantasy world rather than the real world.   Anyway, here are the pictures of the scans. 

Examples of a healthy brain and unhealthy brains - dr-amen-brain-photo.jpg.

After completing a 20 minute brain exercise on a computer - brain%2031.jpg

Taken the day after with no brain exercise - brain%2021.jpg  

These scans are suppose to denote higher than normal brain activity i think - brain%2041.jpg brain%2011.jpg

I'm kind of sure i forgot some information as it was almost a year ago when i had this done.  I might add more information later on.  I felt i should let this community know about this.  Maybe it will lead to some good.

[Annie]

I wanna get a brain scan too. Just to see if maybe there is something wrong. I dont know much about ever having brain trauma as a child. All I remember is falling of my bunk bed when I was around 5yrs old. But only hurt my neck.

But, my mom did do drugs when she was pregnant and I was born prematurely. So, maybe that might be the case in brain trauma.

I have gone a to a psychiatric and she had diagnosed me with the same thing. : Anxiety disorder and ADHD innatentive.

I also thought maybe it might be a nutritional deficiency (Im a vegetarian) and had many, many, many blood test done in like around 12 blood tests over 3yrs. Everytime they tell me I'm fine, and to stop taking blood test so often. The only thing that ever popped up was low iron. But even then it was within normal range but, like towards the bottom. So, I dunno if maybe I'm vitamin or mineral defficient.

Hope you keep adding info. I really think, MD has to do with some aspect of the brain but, for now have really found no solid proof. =/