I’m worried if it’s a brain tumour or just health anxiety.

Ok, basically I’m a 17 year old male. I was getting heart palpatations and chest pains so we went to a&e. They did tests and said I was all fine and it was proabably anxiety/stress. I do get stressed socially, but hadn’t had a huge amount of stress recently to cause this, but they say it could be a build up.

Since then they’ve gone away but now I’m nauseas, tired and have a lot of tension in the back of my head. I then felt my head and feel a lump on the part of my head where the tension is. Today my left eye has been hurting as well, and the headaches have been more icepick.

I’m extremely worried that it’s a tumour and not just stress, I became depressed in 2015 alongside tinnitus and have bottled it up. I’ve been getting worse memory and have had behaivoural changes in that time.

I feel like this all suggests a tumour. I have been using dr Google so that’s why I’m so worried. I’m going to the GP tomorrow but I’m afraid they won’t take it seriously and will treat it as just anxiety.

Should I be worried.

Thanks for reading.

Didn’t know what category to put it in.

Parents
  • If Dr Google was a real doctor he or she would be struck off for causing so much unnecessary stress and anxiety! 

    Your symptoms are real but may well be being caused by your health anxiety, rather than by a physical condition. The least likely physical cause of all is a brain tumour as these are extremely rare in teenagers. 

    The advice about writing your concerns down before seeing your GP is excellent advice which your GP will appreciate you following.

     

    Best wishes

    Dave

     

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  • If Dr Google was a real doctor he or she would be struck off for causing so much unnecessary stress and anxiety! 

    Your symptoms are real but may well be being caused by your health anxiety, rather than by a physical condition. The least likely physical cause of all is a brain tumour as these are extremely rare in teenagers. 

    The advice about writing your concerns down before seeing your GP is excellent advice which your GP will appreciate you following.

     

    Best wishes

    Dave

     

Children
  • Hi to all I have been going doctors for years with bad aniexty and migranes and feeling tired all the time .docs keep robbing me off saying it's fine. But I have had a strok and heart atack .because I know my own body ime on antidepresents anti seizure drugs and steroids and pain killers .they are not telling me the truth so I just take one day at a time .I also have bad seizures.so I just look after myself and dont even bother going anymore oh and one more thing I've got swollen glands and they say it's nothing