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marylandblue

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12. I read a little more about this

Reply to bettyellen (Reply #9)

Mon Mar 5, 2018, 08:54 PM

Mar 2018

It actually happened over 20 years ago. Things were different then. Less was known about the brain, surgery was riskier. I know when my mother started acting strange a few years ago, they immediately did an MRI. They didn't find anything, but they did say tumors could cause behavior changes.

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What a psychiatrist learned from 87,000 brain scans [View all] elleng Mar 2018 OP

He's been trying for years to correlate MRI findings with ADHD/ADD...Not sure where that research hlthe2b Mar 2018 #1

a huge tumor, elleng Mar 2018 #2

likely in the frontal cortex... good it was operable. hlthe2b Mar 2018 #3

The research is bogus marylandblue Mar 2018 #5

I was being polite. hlthe2b Mar 2018 #6

I thought the other doctors were not certain it was related to his behavioral problems... bettyellen Mar 2018 #7

Could be marylandblue Mar 2018 #8

I had bought they tried that, and its had gone on for long. bettyellen Mar 2018 #9

He didn't say that in the talk marylandblue Mar 2018 #11

I read about this case a while ago- didnt realize the whole story is very old... bettyellen Mar 2018 #13

I read a little more about this marylandblue Mar 2018 #12

dont read the comments unless mopinko Mar 2018 #4

I love Dr Amen's ideas -- thanks for sharing (I cried.) fierywoman Mar 2018 #10