Posted by yxibow on September 1, 2006, at 4:55:51
In reply to Damaged memory * 3, posted by river1924 on August 31, 2006, at 15:16:13
> 1- Lyrica... at 600 mgs spread thru out the day, I felt better but my memory was horrid. Now at 150 mg spread thoughout the day, my moods stay more stable... suicidal turns into "okay" within an hour but my memory is very unreliable. Actually, if I think about my recent behavior, it combines chatty spaciness and amnesia-like gaps.
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> 2- Is there any point in having a brain scan (fMRI, MRI, PET, Spect) to see if there is damage to an area of my brain? It might make me a little less hard on myself. It also might encourage me to do things that might encourage "neuroplasticity."
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> 3- http://www.psych.uic.edu/education/courses/behav_science1999/frontalsubcortical99/sld006.htm
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> Dorsolateral Syndrome: This covers my long range complaints. Anyone even know where the dorsolateral such and such is in the brain. Are there pictures online?
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> Sorry if this seems kinda pointless... I can be clearer but I just don't have the energy to be a "good writer.'
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> River.
fMRI/MRI/CAT/etc scans may or may not show extreme "damage" to the brain but there are a lot of things that cannot yet be shown at the current functional level of machinery. They're also terribly expensive even with insurance and are normally used more as research tools than as diagnoses of cognitive dysfunction, unless there is indication of possible other complications like lesions, strokes, and to rule out cancerous tissue.
Nonetheless there are research studies, I can't post an example journal as it requires access, but for example,Brain: Oxford University Press, 2005 128(9):1964-1983 "Region-specific changes in prefrontal function with age: a review of PET and fMRI studies on working and episodic memory"
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