Hello,
I am an 18 year old male suffering from either a brain tumor or anxiety. I am leaning towards anxiety because my grandmother had awful anxiety and my sister had severely disabling anxiety. Both were treated with zoloft and are better. My symptoms scare me into thinking I have a brain tumor. They include:
-Fuzzy vision, eyes unfocuse (mostly when on computer)
-Headache and pressure sensation on top left side of head
-Ears pop a lot
-(Mom and sister have TMJ)
-Lightheaded and unbalanced
-When worrying about a brain tumor I cant do any activity that involves brain usage (reading, learning, playing intellectual games)
-stiff neck
-palpitations (went to ER and had normal EKG)
-foggy memory (most concerning symptom) sometimes I get afraid that I will forget who people are (has not happened)
-hard time putting thoughts into words
-have a poor short term memory (seems to get worse when worrying)
-exercise seems to relieve symptoms for a little as well as sleep
-sometimes i will lose sleep
-when i am not talking to my family or someone I feel alone and helpless even though I have a friendly roommate
A lot of these symptoms started when I moved away from my family to Texas but the memory problem has been lasting. I just passed a major certification called the CCNA but still worry about memory. I have a 3.96 GPA and still worry about memory. I am so worried about this I saw a doctor and he said that "You can have an MRI done but with your symptoms I wouldn't recommend it because its a small chance" he said like .000001 percent chance. I appreciate any insight you guys can give me and thank you for your time.