Hello,
I am a 25 year old male, 5’11, 190 pounds and have been having a lot of pressure in my head and ears headaches and feel off balance, I wake up frequently during the night this has been going on for years now ( headaches are not chronic but they can get very excruciating), also what seems like simple partial seizures, I had an MRI of the brain which showed a 13 mm pineal cyst and also a smaller cyst. I have seen a neurologist who said the symptoms could be related to the cysts and I saw a neurosurgeon who said that it is impossible for the symptoms to be related at all and that he could blow a ballon up in that area of my brain and I would not feel anything. I was wondering your thoughts of what symptoms pineal cysts cause and what you recommend. The MRI report says: “Incidental finding of close to a 13 mm probable pineal cyst, with some mass effect upon the superior colliculi, likely incidental finding, Suspect small cyst near the right choroidal fissure. There is no hydrocephalus or midline shift (Larkin MD)”.
The Neurologist who I am following up with put me on Zonisamide for the pressure and seizures, the neurosurgeon said no follow up MRI or visits were needed.
I would just like to know if the symptoms could be caused by the cyst as the neurologist said was possible or if you think its something else. I do know that the cyst can disturb the melatonin secretion as I wake up many times during the night, and not getting the proper sleep for years could be causing the simple partial seizures (they start out as deja-vu and then I have intense feelings, tingling, numbness, excitement throughout my body, they end with stomach nausea and dizziness). There is no history of seizure disorder in my family.
Thanks for you time and your help, and any advice will help.
-Ron