I was wondering if anyone on the forum had any experience with the Dr. Amen Clinics and their brain imaging: Why SPECT | The Science | Amen Clinics Amen Clinics, and or any of their other therapies.
I am thinking of making an appointment with one to do everything I can for my brain.
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I haven’t, did have some NeuroPsych tests done after I ruptured because I knew my brain wasn’t functioning like it used to. Dr. Gary believed I’d lost about 40 IQ points as he knew me before I ruptured through shared clients and he could tell through the testing that things weren’t processing correctly. It was a big help to me. He was the first professional who told us that it would take years for me to heal, he met with us both and was able to diagnose BH with PTSD due to my rupture which he found interesting as I did not have PTSD. He provided tools or skills for both of us, including telling BH to give me a longer leash as the short one was preventing me from healing and refusing confidence in myself. 
. Also fortunate was that he didn’t send the MMPI up to Minnesota so that saved me several hundreds of dollars as I was self pay at the time. Downside of not having health insurance is there’s no other eyes to look at it. The Neurologist I had at the time recommended him as he thought Dr. Indenbaum was doing Neurofeedback which he said would be very beneficial. Dr. Gary had gotten rid of his machine as the majority of clients wouldn’t use what they were learning from it.
I’ve always held the personal belief Neurosurgeons and Neurologist could greatly help their patients with a SPECT. I couldn’t do one because I can’t drive in a big city, Charlotte would be the closest for me and BH certainly couldn’t take all the time off from work. But wouldn’t it be great to know exactly where and how much damage our brains have encountered?
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