Brain Tumour Phobia.

[seanoporno]

Hello Guys. I have suffered headaches almost my whole life but for the last 11 years I have had a pressure type of headache in the same spot on the top of my head. I have been to see various doctors but all of them have said the cause is anxiety. The sensation is constant. I have had other symptons like stars in my left eye occassional dizziness. Is this common with anxiety or does this sound like a potential brain tumour? I am besides myself with worry but too scared to go back to the docs. Please help!!!

[Munchies2012]

Lol don't listen to the dam nhs on phone.... They are so dramatic....!

When u see a nuero also don't mention anything u have Googled.. They never take u seriously. But having had headache that many years it will defiantly not be something as sinister as your anxiety has tricked u in to believing.. Take comfort in the thought " if it was bad i would be dead by now" seems harsh but its true :)

[seanoporno]

I do have privaye health care but I need to be reffered by a GP for an MRI. I am waiting for a call back from the doctor to arrange an appointment. Just feel terrified. I spoke to a nurse through NHS Direct earlier and she sounded like she thought it could be serious because the headaches are in the same place. Just want to get it sorted cos its taking over my life. Thanks for all of your encouraging words.

[dolphin8808]

PS you will feel SOOO much better once they tell you that you are fine and it's nothing.

[dolphin8808]

I agree, do you have insurance where you can go right to nuro or do you need the referral through your Primary Care doc?

[Munchies2012]

Make sure u stress your symptoms until u get the tests to rule out all!

[seanoporno]

Thanks guys. I am taking myself to the docs this week. I have never had a scan to totally rule anything out. I was so frustrated that all i kept getting was the anxiety diagnosis that i stopped going to get checked. I suppose 11years is a long time to suffer from a tumour and not be diagnosed. It has just always been in the back of my mind. I need to sort myself out.

[RubyWitch]

I second Munchies advice.........it's time to see the doctor, and that doctor should be a neuro. You didn't say if you'd had an MRI when the other docs said it was anxiety, but you should have one now. Anxiety can not be seen on any type of scan and should only be diagnosed when it's the last card on the table and every single MEDICAL reason has been ruled out.
I know your scared, but in my 5 years of being on this forum, I've talked to at least 786,000 people who believed they had brain tumors. How many of those actually DID have brain tumors? ZERO. I myself had a brain tumor during my entire teen-age and early adult years. I had the constant headaches, too. After I had an MRI, my "brain tumor" was discovered to be abnormally formed sinuses and a need for glasses. They rotor rooted my snout, I got some glasses, the headaches went away and my tumor has not, as yet, regrown. And don't think I haven't been keeping a close watch for it, either. So far it's been 40 years...............

You just gotta suck it up, see the doc and put this to rest or you'll waste  another 11 years of your life. Besides, the kind of tumor you're worrying about would have laid you low about 10 years ago. Think on that there!
You'll be fine. You ARE fine. Nou go have the neuro tell you that, OK!
Peace
Greenlydia

[Munchies2012]

Go see a doc and get an mri scan. I am 24 and have had  a headache for the last 8 + years and was finally diagnosed as tp having chiari malformation after years of being told anxiety.... Always push docs when u feel something isn't right..
they always try to pull the anxiety/depression card which may indeed be the case for most. But there is always the chance its not...


I thought i had a brain tumor also lol... Alot of ppl do but don't worry. U won't have one.. After that long u would have known by now