So dr is finally ordering and MRI, what exactly can be found or seen during these? 6 months later seems a little bit late though doesnt it? Thanks.

Hi kevbo,

I don't think 6 months is too late, my accident was over a year ago and am only just going for a brain MRI.

What kind of problems are you having?

An in depth MRI can show all kinds of things, can see the blood vessels etc.

I'm told it can also show scarring and aneurysms.

I'm having one showing the Circle of Willis too.

I'm having seizure like activity but told you can't see that on the MRI.

Thanks. Im assuming for my seizure like activity as well. Because tgat was the topic of my appt, that and not feeling much better. Just said hey im ordering an mri and that was really it.

An MRI is often used to rule out rare but serious issues. They can sometimes find evidence of prior injury. An MRI/MRA can image vascular structures.

Sometimes, the MRI is just a fishing expedition. Fortunately, they are safe, no radiation like a CT Scan.

A functional MRI (fMRI) can be good at showing if the brain is getting blood flow to support different areas of the brain. They are usually used in research.

A diffusion tensored image MRI can be a good image.

Thank you Mark, as far as I know its a regular mri

I also had mine at 6 months. Mine showed nothing. I believe they said it was "unremarkable".

if a regular MRI shows nothing can a functional MRI show something?

As Mark says, a negative or unremarkable MRI doesn't mean you don't have an injury, my Dr. said it will rule out the very serious conditions.

Then there are others tests, EEG ?? think it's called that.

My Dr. also said quite often nothing shows up on any test for people who are definitely having seizures, I don't want anything very serious to show up but I want to know what is happening as I'm sure you want to know too, it's so frustrating, you know something is wrong.

Is your MRI being done with contrast?

It is worrying, hope you get answers..

got an mri done after 8/9 months. it was normal. my doc is taking my symptoms less seriously. will have to switch doc. I got it done to rule out any serious injuries, but post-concussion syndrome does not show up on mri.