Hello all,

Just wondering if anyone familiar with functional MRI scans?

I hear this is a great test to see how your brain is functioning and allows the neurologist to spot any problems that may be occurring.

I was told by my neurologist that it might be helpful to get one, but I needed a doctors note first. When I went to see my doctor, he said he wasn't authorized to write a note for something like this. This has kind of left me with no where to go, and stuck in a grey area because no one really seems to know how to start this process.

I am from Canada, and so I've been told by some that because fMRI machines are research based only right now they aren't very aren't common. However, the neurologist who recommended this also does research for my school and seemed to imply that there was a fMRI machine close by and available to use (or else why would he suggest I get one done?).

Any thoughts/experiences with fMRIs would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Kelly