Last week we talked about reading the pattern instead of the snapshot. So let's get specific: what are you actually looking for?
A pattern that is breaking doesn't go quiet all at once. First it shifts — the asymmetry that lived at one level starts showing up somewhere else, because the system is reorganizing, not just settling. Then it narrows: the deviation that spanned four segments spans two. Then the readings start agreeing with each other — scan to scan, the picture stabilizes instead of redrawing itself every visit.
And here's the part nobody warns you about: mid-break, a pattern can look worse. More movement on the graph is not failure. A frozen pattern that never changes is the one I worry about — systems that can change are systems that are alive and responding.
The scan doesn't tell you the patient is "fixed." It tells you the neurology is doing something different than it was. Your job is to know the difference between chaos and reorganization.
Question: describe the last pattern you watched break — what changed first: the levels involved, the spread, or the stability? What tipped you off?