I have had several scary things happen to me over my life. The result of one of them has caused me to be claustrophobic.
After saying that, I had to have an MRI yesterday, in one of the small and tight mri machines, the roof of it was only an inch or two from my face and my arms were cramped on the side. I told the nurse I didn't like tight spots, she took me one step at a time into the machine. I kept asking her if that was deep enough into it.
She kept moving me deeper and deeper into that cavern. She lied to me about how far in I was going, she lied to me about how long each section of the test would be and how long the entire test would be (I was in there for 20 to 25 minutes. I was hysterical and frozen when I got out, she tried to talk to me, but I had no idea what she was saying, I left and collapsed outside, no one saw me so no one helped me back up.
I had to get in my car and drive home after that (1 hr drive), I drove anywhere from 40 mph to 90 mph on the freeway, I had no idea where I was or how I got home. When I got home, I took two of the Ambien prescription sleeping pills and crashed for several hours, after which I felt more under control.
Sarah L.