Initial Qeeg

Yesterday I took Amy in for her Qeeg assessment. This gives the doc an opportunity to see where the problem spots in her brain lie.

Oh the drama!

Amy is very anxious. When she gets worried about something, she will act out however she needs to in order to defend herself.

In order to get a good reading, a patient has to sit still (problem 1) in a bright yellow skullcap (problem 2) that has weird looking holes in it (3). She has to wear clips on her ears (4). There are wires coming out all over the place (5). There is a weird gel that has to be inserted into the holes in the cap (6). She has to sit quietly for 3 minutes with eyes open (7) and then with eyes closed (8).

After much initial ado, the Good Doc and I were able to talk her into trying it out. Curiosity is a wonderful thing, and seeing brain waves on a screen was both terrifying and fascinating to her. Once she decided it wasn't too awful, she was able to make it through 5 of the 6 minutes before melting down.

We'll take it.

After we left, Amy cried in the car. She can't understand why we are doing this or how it could possibly help. She is mortified that she has these emotions she can't control, and that she needs professional help to deal with them.

The promise of an icee helped, and she was bouncing and smiling again by the time we picked up her siblings from Gram's house (God bless Gram).