I Am Concerned With My Mental Diagnosis. Does Having A

Posted on Fri, 3 Apr 2020

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Question : I am concerned with my mental diagnosis.
Does having a song stuck in your head impact your MRI imaging results?
I was diagnosed psychotic but my doctor said that my brain scans were normal, and I have never heard voices or seen things that were not there...
I have always been “in touch with reality” so this has come as a strange revelation tp me.. Any explanations or thoughts on this?

Answered by Dr. Vivek Chail (18 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
A song will not impact your MRI brain scan results

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for writing in to us.

Having a song in your head will not usually impact MRI brain scan results.

A song in the head is a recent memory in most people and will not have any outcomes on the MRI brain scan.

Regards,

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar