Re: Re: Brain scans Margaret...- EEG/ MRI etc - what can we discover?

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Hi Margaret,

I am so happy u have some knowledge about MRI & EGG test. I would like briefly

give u idea about my son case. Base on the MRI test the Dr. said the brain

structure is normal, however his auditory processing is very slow due to Deep

EGG test. His attention is Zero and the delta & theta activity is very high,

also FEAER is decreased. The Dr.  put him on Stratera which he tried for two

week, made him very hyper.... then I stop ed it. Please if u have any idea about

how I can help him would be very helpful. Just to mentioned about Neru

feedback treatment for his problem might be helpful, however I had not any good

result from my other child then i decided do not go that pathway. Please help me

if u can.

God Bless U,

sue. 

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From: mcdmcd888 <margaret.d888@...>

Sent: Sat, April 24, 2010 12:32:56 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: Brain scans - EEG/ MRI etc - what can we discover?

 

An MRI would mainly be done to see if there were any structural abnormalities

(bone positions or volume ratios) or fluid or growths that would put pressure on

anything whatsoever.

A qEEG, not an EEG, (QEEG - administered by a qualified practitioner who does

neurofeedback) may give you a better idea of what you want.

One thing to keep in mind is that the emotions of the person can cause chemicals

to enter the bloodstream, aimed for the brain, and remove oxygen and blood from

many areas and concentrate the oxygen to other areas. For example, if a child is

very frustrated and is about to enter a meltdown of any nature, then they may go

into " fight-or-flight " mode during their period of frustration. If they do so,

then the blood and oxygen to the human-thinking part of the brain is extremely

diminished and the child will only have access to the innermost parts of the

brain ... which, interestingly, we share that inner part with horses who are

quite emotional and can buck/run or will fight.

When the child is in fight/flight mode, or tantruming, there is no amount of

verbal logic that will reach them because they are not able to use the

verbal-reasoning part of their brain.

If a child is high-functioning, as you see with Aspergers, then they tend to

focus a lot of their brainwave activity in the frontal cortex and are

hyper-beta. They also tend to have hypercoherence which means they are limited

on the amount of " multi-tasking " that the brain can do. So, the more

subconscious ability to pick up social cues from observing another person is not

able to function/relay appropriately.

If you were to bring your child to an experienced and qualified child

psychologist who administers neurofeedback, they can train the brain to function

more normally in these brainwave patterns. However, if your child has structural

defects per an MRI, that will need to be handled first, more than likely.

My younger child has a Chiari Malformation of the skull, so I have a lot of

experience that I can share with you offline if you end up in that boat. My

older child is the one who keeps me on this group.

I hope this helps you or someone else.

Margaret