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Petrified this is something serious

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SB1712 · 26/08/2024 16:59

Hi all

Over the last 10 days I’ve felt quite unwell. I am a migraine sufferer and have been since I was 18 (34 now) and they normally coincide with my cycle and I thought that’s what it was. I have recently got married and also thought it could have been made worse through the stress however for the last 10 days I haven’t been able to shake these headaches/migraines. They have been accompanied by some light headedness and nausea which I’ve very rarely experienced before with my migraines. Normally it’s an intense pain on one side and I take sumatriptan and 90% of the time that clears it.

However something is different this time, the headache will go but it’ll return and it’s the light headedness and nausea that are concerning me. It is worse after I’ve eaten.

I do suffer with health anxiety but I have worked myself up into thinking this could be something serious such as a brain tumor. I last had a CT/ MRI scan when I was about 21 which was clear and when I was diagnosed with migraines.
I had a full eye test/scan which was clear in January and others for the additional test where they take images of the back of your eye.

Am just after any advice or people who had similar things but it turned out to be something else? I have a doctors appointment just by coincidence this week about something else so I will mention the above. Thank you.

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Iamthemoom · 26/08/2024 17:06

Sorry you're going through this. Obvious advice but I would see your doctor asap and explain. Hopefully you'll get a referral to rule out anything serious.

Make sure you explain how these are different to your migraines as in my experience gps know far less about brain tumours than they should and they can take a long time to diagnose as a result. The brain tumour charity should have information online regarding symptoms and diagnosis by age.

I've lost two close family members to brain tumours and changes were visible via eye scans first so the fact you've had an eye scan which was fine might reassure you a bit. But please go to your gp or a&e if it gets worse.

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