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Q: Do I Have a Brain Tumor(help Please!!!!!!)

asked by: LostFan556 on November 27th, 2005

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Ok I am scaring myself crazy. I am so afriad I have a brain tumor im only 16 years old. My parents keep telling me I dont have one and to just drop it. But im truely convinced I do. About 4 months ago I got dizzy and was like woah and this has kinda gone on for about 4 months. My grandmother said that the people she knew with a brain tumor walked to the side and stuff I dont do that. I just have tight headaches I have been having them for I think 2 or 3 months constantly. I feel awkward and stuff I feel like im always going to faint or I just freak out all the time. I went ice skating tonight and my mom said if you have been having headaches for 3 or 4 months and you think you have a tumor there is no way in hell your ice skating. I did feel awkward the whole time but I was doing fine until I got tired after an hour in 30 mins of skating. I walked the whole mall 3 or 4 times. I dont vomit or anything. Just tight gripping pressure on the temples and stuff. I went to the doctor a while ag and he thought I might have a sinus infection he didnt do a ctscan nothing just looked in my ear and eyes and stuff. Then I went again becuase I was afriad I was having a heart attack or something was wrogn with my heart and they said my heart and lungs were healthy and again sinuses were brought p about my headaches. It is either sinuses or tension headaches but im almost in tears thinking about dying from a tumor in my brain. I have taken blood test wouldn't it of shown up as markers in my blood with all the times they have taken it. I have also been to many doctors and they never thought to do a ctscan or anything so I guess they are not worried about a tumor. My family does not have any history of tumors. Dont you think that with all the doctors I have been to they would of picked up and saw some kind of a sign to go threw with a ctscan?? Do you think they would of been able to notice if I had a brain tumor?? Please help me I am flipping scared out of my mind right now it feels like a vice grip in on the sides of my head squeezing. I have also been feeling confusion and stuff is that normal with headaches???

Replies(14)

fragile_angel_138

replied on November 27th, 2005

New User

I know your frustration I really do. My advice would be to ask for a ctscan and an mri. It will either prove your suspitions or make you feel more at ease. I personally dont think it is a brain tumor. But I know because of my own personal experience that when you feel something is wrong with your body that there normally is something wrong. Talk to your mom, and try a different doctor.

Fragile

Aurora-[NZ]

replied on November 27th, 2005

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Hi there.

Im suffering from the same problem. About 7 months ago I got a concussion and I havn't come right since. You worry yourself stupid and get very bad anxiety. You gotta watch you don't stress yourself out and get depressed. I have done it to myself even as I type I still worry. Get a scan is my advice, i'm going to. You don't want to feel as bd as I do or worse.

Nik.

mustangman4

replied on December 7th, 2005

New User

Hey

Hi I got diagnosed with anxiety disorder a year and 5 months ago, im 17, and right now I am sooo scared that I have a brain tumor. The reason I think this is because everytime I cough or everytime I bend down to pick something up my head hurts on one side. This has been going on for about 4 days could this be from stress, it feels like a weird headache. :(:( im really scared, really scared

could someone give me a list of what it could be, I went to a physiotherapist today and she said it could be todo with my neck and back. Sooooo scared
dan

LeahA

replied on March 29th, 2006

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Hi. I'm new to all of this... But I have suffered from the same symptoms in the past 4 1/2 months and i'm getting sick of it..I had a tumor removed from my right maxillary sinus back in january and i'm still having pressure and dizziness...My main concern is "is there another tumor or am I just crazy?" any advice would help.......

*scardy*pants*

replied on March 15th, 2008

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Hi, i am 12 and i have some dizzyness and i sometimes feel light-headed, this has been going on for a 2 weeks. I also have anxiety and under ALOT of stress. I also think i have brain cancer. I don't know if i do or not, but i also think i am going to die from every thing. What do i do?

CarolDiane

replied on March 16th, 2008

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LostFan556

This is something only diagnostic testing can prove. CT, MRI etc....The is no was else to tell without a brain scan with contrast. The tumor will the light up red. I personally think you may be overly scared. Did you tell your doctor about you symtoms. Might be a good start.

To the rest of you, this applies to all of you. Don't make something out of nothing untill you find out it is something.

mike17

replied on March 18th, 2008

Experienced User

hello, LostFan556

hello, i myself was under the impression that i had a brain tumor for many years i was even younger then you when it happened to me it still frights me every now and then , i know what you are going through, my best advice would be to see your doctor and speak to him/her about what you are going through, take the appropriate scans.

if you ever need any advice feel free to pm me, i would be glad to help/assist you.

Mike

CarolDiane

replied on March 18th, 2008

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LeahA

I had a small brain bleed back in 2003. I spent on year in nothing but fear. I was put on a beta blocker for my blood pressure. I have since then learned that worring about it is just going to make matters worse. Just because it happened once does not mean you have to worry about it happening again. I have been fine now since and do not worry anymore and go on with my life. It use to be ever time I even got a slight headache I would go into a severe panic attack. Now that does not happen anymore. It is my sinus condition at most. Stop the worry and live healthy and eat good things.

~Carrie

jakey

replied on February 14th, 2009

New User

Anxiety

Hey whats up guys...
i understand it is not easy to be in your shoes for i think the same.i had been spitting out blood waking up with a numb head head aches all day long pins and needles in the front of my head would come and go,i have had real bad pains in my chest shooting pains up and down my arms.and out of all of this i dont want to see a dr for i dont want to know what he/she will say. i will be fine one minute then the next im freaking out.i run to my family to ask for advise thinking that they would never want to let anything bad ever happen to me,and that every time i have gone to them they tell me the same thing.(you are ok there is nothing wrong).
i have been to the dr and have had tests and been diagnosed with chronic sinusitus wich explains the blood i have been spitting out,i have had tests for headaches and numbness in my head and the results were as follows(anxiety disorder) i have been getting better believing that your mind is very powerfull believe me it can make you believe things that are not real.... even though you are experiencing real symptons they are all just a part of your anxiety attack it can creep up on you without you even realising it. you just gotta realize that it is anxiety playing on your mind and not reality. you will live a healthy life. dont stress your self.
and remember for next time you feel like this it has happend before and you are still ok and keep in mind it wonte just go away you need to take control of it dont let it control you...(and when it does happen calm down remember to breath not to deep coz you will get dizzy:)you dont need to rush anywhere.just remember this is all symptoms of anxiety.
and know this living scared is only living less you have life in you find it and live it.

ARW

replied on July 18th, 2009

New User

I am also 17 and worry about this problem. I seem to always have a kind of headachey/tension in my head and sometimes my hand tingle a bit. I also had a muscle spasm which when i checked were all spmtoms of a brain tumor. However last week i believed I had leukemia. I know that my mind is playing trciks. I think ive imagined having almost every cancer there is as i over exaggerate any symptoms. Would it be recommendable to get a CT scan or should i just go and see my doctor and be referred to a physchiatrist? Thanks

mrskin

replied on July 19th, 2009

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i too have suffered with panic attacks/anxiety for a few years now and so i know how you sufferers feel, every time you feel a pain you think the worst of it. my problem is a little different, 3 weeks ago i got into a fight and was hit in both sides of my head, i suffered pain from bruising for about a week and it went. now i am getting a hot stabbing feeling in the top of my head and it wont go away!! i dont know what it is but it got to the point last night where i was so stressed about it that i went into a seizure, which i have learnt to control by deep breathing, but this morning, the pain is still there. is there anyway to control panic attacks? the doctors give you their theories but they have never suffered like us so how can they know? any advice would be greatly appreciated, and if i can offer any i will, thanx,..........

garey123

replied on August 10th, 2009

New User

I understand what you mean i am 16 and for the past year or so i have been suffering from a range of symptoms for example dizziness, the feeling of pressure in my head, headaches,twitching and many other symptoms. This has been very scary for me and i feel helpless should i go and see my doctor? please help

tashcov

replied on October 24th, 2009

New User

hi my dad has a brain tumor and trust me a headache and being dizzy are not the symptoms for a brain tumor. Youll find symptoms in your body like weakness in your legs or tingling on one of your sides, incoordination and blood noses and stuff like that. dont waist your time stressing you should listen to your doctor for now and if its not sinus then you probably have an iron deficiency or something.

rachael90

replied on November 22nd, 2009

New User

im goin thru exactly the same thing, i wa diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and depression but alot better now, but im still thinking i have a brain tumour coz i keep gettin wat i can describe as mini headaches not really painfull but its like pressure n it gets worse everytime i think about it n had it for a few days, on the other side of me i dont want a scan incase they find something Sad

im terrified but i cant get it out of my head, just cant bare to think of dying, i had a blood test and everything was fine, would that be able to detect anything unusual?

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