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.

  • No I don't have seizures, so please don't listen to your doctors or go to a different doctor. Depending on the size of tumour it's not necessary that all tumours give u seizures. Apprently I have had my tumour since birth and it growed  1mm every year no seizures at all . 

  • Hi anyone who's still paying attention to this. I've noticed replies with some concerns/asking me how I've been since. The truth is this feels so long ago now I don't really remember how I felt at the time. I did get an MRI and it was 100% clear. I still get icepick headaches but I've since learnt that it's probably dry eyes from looking at screens (browsing on Dr Google all night doesn't help). 

    It has turned out fine for me but it might not have. I know I needed that MRI to get on with my life so please push for these things if you know that you're logical and will take the evidence for what it is. 

  • Hi guys! I'm not sure if this thread is still going but I'm 23 and have severe health anxiety!!! Recently I've convinced myself I have a brain tumour due to eye tests! I was getting headaches so went to get my eyes tested and they told me I had a swollen optic nerve and that I was being referred to the hospital with in 2 days! During those 2 days I was never off google, to the point I couldn't eat or sleep and didn't even want to shower ( gross ) Eventually I went to the hospital where they said my eyes were absolutely normal and I had nothing to worry about and that my optic nerve was pale looking which can come up as swollen to opticians. I was ok for a day or 2 then started getting bad pressure in the lower back of my head I phoned nhs 24 numerous times and was seen at out of hours where they tested my nerves and it was all put down to stress and anxiety. I then started obsessing over my eyes again so went AGAIN for another eye test at a different opticians they said my lenses were out of date and I needed stronger ones. Other than that my eyes were healthy. Literally 4 hours after my app I started seeing a black ring in my left eye vision but it quickly went away I was frantic and phoned the opticians and they want to see me tomorrow. Following this I had a massive argument with my partner resulting in more stress and have pressure again in the same part of my head. I'm so so scared they have missed something in my eye exam and that I have a brain tumor :( I know it sounds irational but that's how bad my anxiety is at the moment 

  • Hi, i know you wrote this like 3 years ago now but i just wanted to check if you are okay? How are you feeling now surrounding your anxieties and worries about your health? i'm struggling at the moment and am super conscious about every sensation i feel in my body so seeing this and everyone telling you that you're okay gave me peace of mind lol. Hope you are doing fine though! :happy:

  • Hi, I know I wrote this like 3 months ago now but :happy: ....

    There's an update here but long story short I'm fine with all the cancer stuff and have been for years since my MRI and some clarification afterward

    I'm worried about HIV at the moment and have a test tomorrow. 

    How are you doing?