Mri of the brain without contrast?

Maybe safer in some: Gadolinium contrast could potentially cause kidney complications on rare occasion. Mri without contrast will reveal areas of atrophy, stroke, bleeding, tumors, hydrocephalus, etc, but will not clearly show certain ms lesions, aneurysms, avm's, some inflammatory problems, so, always discuss with your doctor as to why an ordered MRI might be done in a variety of ways.

Lots of symptoms: Are you stating that you have symptoms of fatigue, weakness, frequent headaches, etc. And you would like to know if MRI w/o contrast is test to be done? For those symptoms and nothing else to suspect tumor or the like then, i believe MRI is unnecessary in this case and the patient should be followed clinically and separately.