@allieeeee_89: MRI people! I have 3 tomorrow. Thoracic, cervical and brain w&wo contrast Give me your mri stories 😭 #mri #storytime #ms #diagnostic #body

JamieNoelle :

Close your eyes take an hour long nap - I’ve had so many now I just think of it as a rest capsule

alisha.ga26 :

I close my eyes as soon as I lay down and don’t open them till it’s over. I had like 7 last year. You will be fine.

spedteacher25 :

I have to be sedated, bad claustrophobia. I had all 3 done last year. Diagnosed with ALS.

MamaB :

That’s a 3 hour for me with contrast. I used to lay there. The machine will warm up and I got extremely hot after like hour 2. They would put wet towels on me to help cool me off. I now go under full sedation as I can’t do that every year anymore.

JFancy :

I had a panic attack as soon as they pulled me out, it was awful. Take anxiety meds.

soundsfunny15 :

Bring ear plugs.

midgemo :

Best of luck and negative results coming your way

Bumsbunny :

Mine had a mirror that reflected the ceiling so when I opened my eyes I saw a big open ceiling. It was lovely.

mommabear4927 :

MRI Monday of liver. w/wo contrast. 😏

user2028874887934 :

I have super bad anxiety and claustrophobia and it honestly wasn’t as bad as I imagined. I’ve had the same three as you plus two others in the past two months. It sucked for sure but I had to keep telling myself it would be worth it if it helped diagnose me. This may be a terrible suggestion but I just made up stories in my head the whole time. Also the biggest thing that helped was watched a video of what all the different sounds mean so when they were happening it wasn’t as scary because I was like okay this sound means it’s doing xyz!

SamanthaGigglesThroughCancer :

with the right meds you can hear the noise as a video game. 🥰

mmm2prd :

It’s fine. Just close your eyes and take a nap. Makes the time go by faster

imagineluvu007 :

I took a low dose ativan before going. but it really wasnt that bad at all. I just closed my eyes rested

carnation_hikes :

take the anxiety medicine

Kelli Reynolds-Coope :

dont open your eyes

ginagail52 :

I have severe anxiety, but I did really good with my last one. No sedation medication. I knew I needed this scan for a diagnosis so I just thought about that the whole time... 'Please find something that's causing my symptoms. Please find something that's causing my symptoms'. That was my mantra the whole hour. 👍It really helped.

Katrina :

I nap, they give me Otis Redding on the playlist, I take a nap.

Just me2 :

it's just a test,the results are all that matters

Michelle :

rockergrrrl70 :

I have to be fully sedated and intubated to have MRIs

Regina Salisbury :

Get your doctor to prescribe you an anxiety pill

Tim Steinbrecher :

Well that brain one is pointless! We know there’s nothing up there 🤷🏼‍♂️

Chelsey 🦆 :

I take naps in there! Haha 😅

Kelseigh Meador :

I go to sleep everytime . The sound is relaxing to me .

Quite Contrary :

My last was on a newer machine it was much better than my 1980s and 1990s and 2000s