Scared of Brain Tumor Symptoms

[RuskyVSY]

A week got a slight stabbing pain while staying up late. I became very scared that this is a brain tumor, and went searching for symptoms. As time passed I seemed to get more and more symptoms and got extremely depressed and scared. The symptoms I began having are neck pain, slight nausea, especially after eating (no vomiting), it seems to get better after belching. I also have some sleeping problems, like waking up at night for no apparent reason and then having trouble falling asleep. One thing that scares me the most is that I feel a slight leaning to the right all the time. I don't actually lean to that side, however, and sometimes the feeling almost feels made up. I did have some hearing loss in my ears not so long ago, and I went to see a doctor about it, and it got better. He also gave me some Nasonex because he said my ears were clear of wax and he thought the problem was in my Eustachian tubes. However, now this slight loss of hearing seems to come back and disappear occasionally. I thought that these symptoms could be related to a head injury i got while skateboarding about a month ago. I went to a doctor and told her all this and she thought that I don't really need a CT scan or anything, and that my nausea is caused by something in the stomach. However, I am really not sure what this leaning feeling is and whether I am imagining it or not. While the sense of depression is gone and the symptoms seem to be a bit better, I am still not sure what I should do. I actually do have OCD and I am quite prone to worrying over symptoms only to find out that it is nothing, but I have never had something that worried me this much.

[rls27]

For those who are prone to health anxiety, it is common to hone in on one thing. So if you're symptoms are head related, you automatically think the worst...brain tumor. It's like being out camping in the woods and you hear a noise at night. I'd bet 99 out of 100 of us will automatically assume it's a bear, when in fact it can be any number of things far less concerning. Usually it's a squirrel, racoon or bird. Same with your physical symptoms. In most cases, what you've described are likely any number of less serious conditions.

Learn to trust your doctors. If they suspected brain tumor you would have had a CT scan or MRI. Doctors do not want to risk lawsuits, so if anything, they are more likely to over-test patients to play it safe and protect themselves.

One more thing, do NOT Google your symptoms. Reading these symptoms you can convince yourself that you have 5 of the deadliest diseases known to mankind, and by the time you're done reading you need to be peeled from the ceiling. As others have suggested, it's probably your ears which are causing you to feel off balance.

[stephanie1o]

could be anxiety also the leaning could be your ear i have tinnitus and get this feeling all the time go see your doctor and get them checked may be a touch of vertigo

[CanuckGuy42]

oh and one more thing... please try and stop self diagnosing on the Internet.... trust me.... I know from experience....that can send you on an anxiety spiral that will spin out of control.... if you follow enough links even a sneeze can lead you to a fatal disease...seriously leave the diagnosing to the people who have gone to school for years and paid tons of money to learn how to do it properly.....

[CanuckGuy42]

Perhaps you need to see an ENT... inner ear disorders can cause balance issues as can things like Vertigo and they cannot be seen by simply looking into the ear (at least that is what I read) and in my opinion if your doctor doesn't think you need a CT scan.... get another doctor... its prob nothing but better to do an exclusionary CT scan than not do it and wonder if you should....