Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Autism/Aspergers.

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So, I had an MRI done on me, or I should say, the doctor I'm seeing had an MRI done on me, and the results came up normal. Has anybody else ever had an MRI done on them? I'm just wondering if anybody else's came up normal who has ever had one.

I had an MRI when I was about two years old. It came back normal, too.

On your brain, you mean? I wouldn't expect it to be abnormal, as MRI is only really looking at the shape and type of structures (e.g. is good for picking up tumours). Were they looking for a particular part of the brain to be enlarged, or something like that? An fMRI would be much more useful for spotting abnormalities relating to autism, I would have thought.

I really don't know what they were looking for. It was just an MRI I was told.

Can you ask them? I'm curious. The doctor should make sure that you understand why certain procedures are being performed.

If you're asking me to ask him for you, I don't know if I can do that. I really trust him and he IS trying to keep me out of the hospital. When my symptoms "improve", needless to say subside for some unknown reason, he grants me more time away from him between visits. So, it's more like maybe he didn't trust me at first.

Normal brains will not all be exact clones of one another. Any differences would be subtle and probably hard to pick up due to natural variations anyway. Unless it was specifically looking for differences of AS it would be unlikely to pick anything up. Also, the doctor would have to know what exactly they were looking for, science isn't quite there yet. Even the EEGs are only 90% accurate in testing.

Ok. Thank you. Thank you very much. And, thank you to the second poster of the thread. That helps also.

I've had two brain MRIs, one in 2006, the other in 2011. Neither was related to my ASD.
From what I've read, MRIs do not have the resolution to see what if any differences related to an ASD can be found in a brain.

My MRI was because of developmental delays. They were looking for a neurological problem that could be causing the delays. Around the same time, I also had genetic testing for the same reason.