Posted by Think1234 on May 31, 2006, at 22:30:49
In reply to A few questions » Think1234, posted by pseudoname on May 31, 2006, at 8:30:58
Hi, Think. Welcome to Babble.
Some questions your story left me with. Sorry if it's too many all in a row.1. How long did each SPECT scan take? How long were you actually in the machine?
I was in the machine for 15 minutes each time.
2. Did the confusion and difficulty concentrating begin immediately after each scan or how long after? How long were those episodes and how much time was there without confusion between them?
I would say it began around 3 days. Its difficult to recall.
3. What were the results of the scans? Did Klindt ask you to keep coming back to him or to stay in touch somehow?
The scans were difficult to interpret because while he said many parts of my brain were 4 or 5 standard deviations fromt mean (this means Im 1 in 3 million for those parts of the brain). He says this is fairly routine with people with ADD. But the comparison group that he developed the Standard Deviations are actually "normals" people without pyschiatric problems. Thus the meaning of the Standard Deviation he provided was essentially meaningless. He therefore uses a severity chart rather than a Standard Deviation for the so called "Lay man". This was scaled at -4 to +4. +4 Means extremely high levels of blood perfusion. A -4 means extremely low levels of blood perfusion. In many parts of my brain their were both +4 and -4.On to the second part of your question
Thats an interesting question because it brings up the issue of how would they experiment on me without any follow up to know if the test was successful. Like I explain I think that internet routing and my own verbal complaints sufficed for this.
Also (since you are doing whats called "reality testing") as a reminder I did in fact explain to other people my change in sleep patterns before I discovered they tested provigil. So its not an artificial memory I developed after I discovered he was studying provigil. But that what made me recently develop my theory that its sleep specific research. Before then I was confused and had many theories including experimentation but also that I had an unusual reaction to the SPECT)
> 4. Did you contact Klindt's office by computer or did they give you a CD about SPECT, for instance? Have you run an updated anti-spyware / -adware program on your computer lately? (Lavasoft, etc.) Have you checked for new files since April '05? No. I use a Mac, so I used the school computers to look at the files. But I did receive a CD. If there was spyware I imagine it would so unique no process would keep it.
> 5. Were you on any meds at the time of the scans — and what?
No meds.
Did Klindt prescribe anything for you?
No prescriptions but recommendations to other Doctors to take Provigil and SSRI's He also suggested anti convulsants to supposedly equalize the over and under activity of my brain.
Did he or his staff give you anything while you were there? Yes they gave me a chocolate bar. After the first and second SPECT I doubt that has anything to do with his experiment though.Have you been on any meds since then?
Currently I take Klonopin for General Social Phobia.
Who prescribed them? A local doctor.Have you mentioned any of these symptoms to your regular doctor?
No. That probably would interfere with my treatment, unless you believe I'm crazy.
Again, I apologize for so many questions. Thanks for sharing.
Your questions are completely appropriate. They assess my sanity(so called "reality testing")(Oops. One more!) How old are you? Almost 26
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