Posted by Dinah on July 17, 2013, at 8:47:14
In reply to Re: ON Images read full page. Amen No Scientic Evi, posted by Phillipa on July 14, 2013, at 18:17:45
Is the issue that he's using SPECT instead of PET?
I've always been skeptical of the Amen clinics, because I've never been sure whether they are measuring chicken or egg. If one has ruminations, for example, and ruminations cause a certain portion of the brain to light up because obsessive thinking and ruminations occur in that part of the brain, then surely all the PET scans are saying is that you really are having ruminations. And since I know I'm not lying, that doesn't help me overly much. After successful treatment, that area would quit lighting up, which would tell me I'm no longer ruminating, which I would have already known.
It does seem that they do PET scans for research. So are they saying the research is no good? Or just that, since it measures results not cause, it's not helpful for diagnosis.
Although how they get you to ruminate in situ always puzzled me.
As far as the brain on caffeine, it wouldn't surprise me overmuch if, having taken caffeine away from a regular caffeine drinker, that drinker's brain looked a bit sluggish. We get used to that caffeine. I'd hate to see my brain if I forget my Provigil as well.
But I sure wish I could go veg out somewhere for a month or so and not take the Provigil and the caffeine and let my brain reach normal again. For purely practical reasons.
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