Help, Scared i have a brain tumor

[emanticoff73]

I started getting headaches 2 weeks ago. Also been having some dizziness as well. I have extreme health anxiety. So now i think i have a brain tumor. I had headaches 9 months ago and had an MRI of the brain which came back normal. From there no headaches up until 2 weeks ago after a very tense time. I thought after a few weeks of Ibs that i had colon cancer and that in my imagination spread to my liver. Went to the ER and got a ct scan. Came back normal but the next day the headaches and dizziness started. Now i have been googling headaches and have been scared to death by Dr. Google. Please help me put this in to perspective. How likely is it that i developed a brain tumor in 9 months from my clear MRI scan. Need my life back. I have two children who need there mommy. I am so scared of dying and leaving them. It is a real phobia. I am loosing my time with my children by obsessing over a disease i dont know i have. I need help. This brain tumor scare is the worse one yet. I have many believe me. There,s something about a tumor in your brain and a doctor having to cut your skull open to get it out freaks me out. I also read on Dr. Google that a form of brain cancer can grow fingers and spread deep and all over your brain. Yes i read this on the internet. Every time i feel crawling or a weird sensation on my head, Im like there goes the fingers spreading everywhere and i have an extreme panic attack. Someone give me a virtual slap in the face please. I need reassurance about this brain tumor nightmare.

[anx mum]

Hi hun I can certainly relate to u. I'm not a person who suffers with headaches but for the past 16months I have had a constant headache and now under a headache specialist. I suffer very bad with health anx and was worried I had a brain bleed which my mum had. Ive had so many scans nothing has been found my specialist told me these so many headache conditions that people can suffer in my case cluster headache. Don't know how long u been getting them but after about a month I asked gp to see a headache specialist and got referred. They would of spotted a tumor on a mri scan

[emanticoff73]

I have had the headaches 2 weeks now. Yes Mri was normal but what do you think the odds are i got one in the past 9 months since the MRI? My mind goes to the worse case scenario. I google too much.

[Melonpony]

HIGHLY unlikely! Also, brain tumors have much different symptoms. Seizures, hallucinations, etc.
Does your headache go away at night? My Dr told me tumors cause intense pain at night when laying down (yes, I had the brain tumor fears last summer ).
Also, stand w your feet together, maybe 6 inches or a foot apart. Close your eyes. Wobbling is normal. If you fall over, can't balance yourself, that's a sign of something not good (possible stroke or tumor).
Otherwise, just stress induced headaches. Not fun.
Peppermint essential oil rubbed on the temples and forehead help relieve stress headaches. Works for me 95% of the time, and it's backed by scientific research (always nice And reassuring).

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