OMGosh! Dej, this is where your anxiety is coming from. I would be a wreck too. Did you explain all this to the neuro? He/she may have another solution for you. I could see where being knocked out would be less stressful for you. Plus, if I remember right, you had a bad experience when you were in the tube once before - although extremely rare. So add ALL this together and MRI's are definitely a difficult thing for you.

BTW - I can't remember who mentioned putting something over there eyes but . . .There is no freaking way I could ever do that while in the tube. That makes it worse for me. I do ask them to put the mirror on so that when I open my eyes and look I can see out and see that humans are there. (Of course, the time I took too much lorazepam I saw ghost dogs moving around on the screens in the techs room.) Also, for me, I like it when they tell me how much time. Like a minute is a drop in the hat. I can do that. Plus, it helps me keep track of how much time I have left in there. I can get the brain and cervical spine done in no more than 40 minutes so I can start subtracting in my mind if the lorazepam hasn't hit me too hard. It keeps my mind busy.

Tricia, I am also alot better now that I know about the mirror. I also will not let them cover my eyes. They also tell me how long each scan will take. I have had a problems with my hands going completely numb -- dead during the procedure. I think it is the "pillow" pressing on my neck. So I have discovered that as long as I have my lower arms/hands on chest and can wiggle them between scans I am ok. I no longer take anything prior to the test. that way i can drive myself. I typically find myself giving one of my class lectures in my head.