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Can you emter feet first in all scanners?

sorry this wont work for anyone who has high claustrophobia. more and more people are claustrophobic and I am shocked more clinics especially where I am here in New Orleans do not take care of the patient to ensure complete comfortness. In order words either Open MRI or put me under.

The first time I had an mri I was ok until I saw how close the top if the tube was to my face and I started to panic a little, so I closed my eyes and concentrated on breathing slowly in and out, in and out, really focusing on that. I managed to squeak out “how long will this take?”😅 the breathing helped calm me down. The next one I had I made sure my eyes were closed before I went in…

I did the MRI scan in Singapore …. The latest from the world famous Siemens of Germany. I was stress free with music 🎶 to choose from in my ears. It’s not enclosed like it used to be. Go to Singapore & do it.!

Im a little late commenting here but, What worked for me in my first and only MRI was PRAYER! I prayed to my Heavenly Father through the Son Jesus Christ and told him that i really needed to have this MRI and would he give me peace and calm to go through with it. I was in for about 30 min. After which they brought me out to administer contrast dye and then back in for 16 more minutes. After the prayer the whole thing seemed like maybe 15 minutes! I was so calm i almost could have went to sleep! GOD/JESUS IS REAL!!! PRAYER WORKS!!! Praise, Honor, and Glory to God the Father and Yeshua/ Jesus Christ! 🙏✝️🙏

Forget about the music, they need to create an mRi like a donut the long and narrow tube is the main problem

Easy to say

Being a large man, with horrible claustrophobia, none of these things work for me. My shoulders do not fit in that small tube. As soon as I get crammed in there, my brain goes nuts. (Chest is 54 inches, and waste used to be, sigh 32 inches, now 42 inches). These things are just not made for people like me. The open one does work as I can keep my head turned to the side.

I had an MRI in Laurel MD and the sides were open and I could look out a big window and see trees and sky. I could turn my head the other way and see the technichian behind the window and talk to tech. This I can tolerate. Where are all the other MRI's like this machine ???????? MRI's are sadistic !

BS ! And I have no one to accompany me if I take medication to be calmer, sleepy. BS !

Why can’t they make the hole bigger

Remove the chassis. That'll really give em fear!

I didn't think I was claustrophobic. I was o.k. for 10 or 15 minutes. The procedure I had was way to long!! Started to hyperventilate. I stuck it out for fear that if I squeezed the little ball they would make me start over. Next time I'm opting for waterboarding!!

I had my first MRI today and it was a mental battle to stay in there. I felt like a fat hamster stuck in a toilet roll tube. No eye cover until halfway through when I asked for tissue to cover them. The temptation to open them when it was the last thing I wanted to do was overwhelming. I knew if I saw how close everything was to my face it would’ve been game over. Music would have been a helpful distraction too but alas there wasn’t any. Anyway, once I had my eyes covered and felt ok to open them it was much better. It needed to be done but I’m not in a hurry to repeat the experience.

Simple. Don't go.

Ditto, I couldn't do it. Sheer terror😢

I had to go into a hyperbaric chamber. I lasted one minute and started screaming. It was horrible. It took another minute for them to get me out. My friend was there and was laughing the whole time lol as I was crying on the nurses lap in my underwear lol …was horrible

I’m more worried about laying on a magnet and the heavy metal in my veins

Today I entered MRI scanner for my brain scanning with fobia. But i could do it very successfully with out any fear. Do you know what's my tecniq to overcome fobia? Just I closed my eyes and went into self imagination for 30 minutes. Nothing to afraid. Only little discomfort with noice. I have ignored the noise with self imagination... As if I am in himalayan mountain ranges . Because I saw and love Himalayas. So if any body is asked to do MRI, don't worry. You can take it up by preparing yourself. No pain, no burning sensation, nothing. You can overcome the discomfort of noice with possitive mindedness

It is professionals like this that i would like to take into some of the places i have been in rescue work and see how they cope. After a few years i lost my nerve and could no longer continue so monitored things from topside. If you don't know real , terrifying, claustrophobia then your hints are irrelevant.

Yes for mine, I never opened my eyes once the machine started feeding me in, and I sang "John denver- country roads, and went through many tours of my summer garden carefully looking at each plant....in my mind. Had to really talk to myself. 22 minutes went by in what I thought 10, so overall what I did, did wonders for me.

Thank you for your help. My boyfriend is scheduled for a very important MRI for healthy living. THIS was extremely helpful to avoid some additional anxiety.

I read enough of the comments and want to let you know - you have no idea what it's like. And I'll warn you - I'm 6'3" and I weigh 230 lbs. I had an MRI done at Ft Bragg in 2004 and the doctors said "try it without a sedative". There was a 24 hours a day, months long list for an MRI and they refused to sedate me. I told them I was claustrophobic and they didn't seem to care. Immediately after they began, I started squeezing the "ball" and they wanted to argue with me and say "you can do it". They didn't take me seriously and I ended up destroying the MRI machine which shut down the entire program for the hundreds of people on the wait list. They tried to conduct a 15-6 (an investigation to try to find me at fault) and they lost - and wound up having to pay over a million dollars because they didn't take my claustrophobia seriously. "Conscious Sedation" yea, that doesn't work on someone with my severity of claustrophobia either. Apparently they learned their lesson - and to those with claustrophobia - watch out. Valium doesn't work, narcotics don't work only thing I've tried that works is Xanax, 6 mg that is 1 mg 6 hrs prior, 2 mg 4 hrs prior and 3 mg 2 hrs prior. Or I can destroy your MRI, it's really up to the medical "professionals"

MRIs used to never bother me but after a bad drink driver accident that broke my neck and back, I can't lie on my back at all without pain and stopping breathing. This means no sedation, but since the steroids given to me to help me survive the internal injuries and brain swelling also increased my weight, my shoulders are squeezed in the tube. The squeeze presses my arms into my ribs which push into my spine, and make trying to breathe even harder. Now they tell me I will be in the tube 15 minutes. No, I will be in the tube 4 minutes and you will have a corpse for the remaining 11 minutes. They refuse to understand and respect this and treat me like I'm just being difficult!

Just ask your doctor to request mild sedation. It works like a charm. (And take some Melatonin while in the bathroom prior to the MRI.) I also ask for music--classic is my preference.

My mom and several people I know have to get a one time script from their doctors for a medication like xanax or spmething similar! Just talk to your primary and they can do that for you.

I pretended I was in a sun bed and kept my eyes closed. Towards the end I was falling asleep and quite relaxed. It was worse when injected with some panic potion to stress my heart and my head started getting hot. I'd do it again but I didn't much enjoy my first experience and will never forget it.

They gave me a xanax, but a towel over my eyes. Count from 100 backwards. Got thru it.

Just go to a place that has a sitting/standing MRI instead. It's not ideal but it's better than being helpless on your back.

I pray the rosary in my head until the MRI is done. It calms me. Very powerful.

Pro tip, stay up the night before, take melatonin or anti allergy medicine before the exam, you’ll probably sleep right through it.

Dude, you clearly do not have claustrophobia!.....So many triggers in this video!

give me a mri machine at home and i will stay there 1 hour with no fear but when you push me inside in hospital no way without sedatives,some is wrong with me

Eye mask as well sod that

Thank gawd I don't have to wear a headscarve as well. You'd think they'd have come up with something else.

Bunch of baloney, none of these things work for anyone with extreme claustrophobia like a lot of people have! He speaks like we are children and just need hand holding, irs much more serious than that! Only thing that works for me is sedation not these useless tips!

I never knew I have claustrophobia until I went inside the MRI. I almost had a panic attack 😢. I had the worst fear in that small tunnel. I should have closed my eyes the moment I lay down. Opening my eyes inside the MRI was my biggest mistake. I wanted to force myself out while in the process of scanning. Eventually I overcome my fear by doing slow breathing. I hope to do better for my next scanning.

I am about to get inside that tube and I’m scared.

SOOOO SCARY FOR ME 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

My anxiety started when I first saw the tiny hole in the machine! I asked if there was one for adults😂 . 40mins for full body scan, stuck in that tiny hole being microwaved to death. It got hotter & hotter. I hope I never have to experience it again!

I just went for a brain CT scan this morning & took a tranquilizer, I did good. A few yrs ago, I went for an MRI & they set me up to have twilight, I was in the machine & the radiologist told me I was flailing big time. They landed up giving me general anesthesia.

Had an MRI yesterday , i did half an hour and called time on it , luckily they managed to get all the scan information they needed , i don`t know how anyone could stand it for any longer as i was really at the limit ! but we are all different i suppose (male / 52 yrs old)..

I recently had to stop an MRI scan due to claustrophobia, it was horrible.

THANK YOU...I WAS SURPRISED THAT YOU CAN HAVE SOMEONE WITH YOU, I WILL ASK ABOUT THIS IF I NEED IT, SO FAR I AM DOING ALRIGHT WITH TAKING A PILL

Do we need to put eye drops or a solution in the eyes if we used continously for 6/7 hours. Won't the lens be dry?

I just had an MRI and I used a face mask to cover my eyes and it worked. I almost felt like I could sleep and I had major anxiety before hand about the claustrophobia.

I had one fully in for 45 minutes. It was Ok but nothing I would do again if possible. Can see why some would have issues with it. Next time I may request the med the doctor offers at his office to be given at the MRI appointment.

Don't they have stand up MRI's or open MRI's

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I had my MRI this morning and I was extremely anxious about it. Your tips helped. In fact, I had NO anxiety at all during the procedure. I had the tech play soft instrumental music and I kept my eyes closed the entire time. I did take a Valium before but honestly I'm not even sure it kicked in and I think I would have been fine without it. The exam was over before I knew it. Hang in there people! You can get through it! Oh, I did request to go into the machine feet first. Psychologically this helped me.