what are the symptoms of a brain tumour < i am scared

[cheeryface]

anyone please?

do you have symptoms?
what makes you think brain tumour

ive had headaches for a long time but just recently ive been feeling ill. the doctor put it down to anxiety but i dont think it is.
this last two weeks i have been feeling pressure in my head, sick / nausea specially in the morning. my hand is tingling and my arms and legs, even my face at times feels weird and weak
i am tired but at times drowsy where i just cant do anything but go to sleep.

My migraines feel like that

Have you had your thyroid levels checked?

i had a blood test done so yes, i think so. would that show a tumour? dont think it would would it ?

First things first, you need to go to a dr and tell him about your symptoms. Not that you are worried about a brain tumour. You need to get the face tingling etc.. looked at.

My BIL had a brain tumour when he was 12 (21 now) and one of the first things we noticed was his lack of being able to walk in a straight line, he was listing to one side.

symptoms could be due to a range of things, you need to see your gp and give him the list of symptoms....maybe even write them down if you get anxious about it

thanx, i did write everything down and the doctor said it was all non specific and it was probably anxiety. i think he saw on my notes that i had once before taken prozac.

maybe i will go to a different doctor

Cheery, I get all the symptoms you mention. I suffer from migraines and anxiety.

Get a second opinion from a different GP, but I bet this is anxiety.

Hope you feel better soon

i had all of these symptoms and convinced myself i hsd a brain tumour,im no expert but it seriously sounds like anxiety hun.have you suffered from anxiety in the past?

I think there are probably lots of symptoms - it would depend where it is. My aunt has one - she had splitting headaches for weeks - contarntly - and went deaf in one ear.

If you are concerned the doctor has to put your mind at ease. Ask to be referred to a specialist. They took so long to diagnose my aunt's it was too late to operate.

Get your hormone levels checked. Your thyroid and parathyroid.

cheeryface, there are many different types of brain tumour, and most have different symptoms.

For example, the tumour georgiemum is talking about is (most likely) an acoustic neuroma - it lies on the acoustic nerve, which is why the hearing goes.

Most tumours will give symptoms depending on their location, so some (like pituitary adenoma) cause problems with sense of smell and vision; Others will give balance problems. Others will give one-sided paralysis.

It does sound more like a migrainey/ anxiety thing to me, but I am not a doctor. It would be unusual for symptoms to come and go, I think, with a tumour, but I worked in a regional centre for Neurosurgery (as a theatre nurse and on the ward), so by the time we saw patients, their symptoms were clear enough to have been referred to a hospital and require surgery.

Do go to your GP. It could be a combination of things, and especially if you notice symptoms mainly in the morning, could be as simple as pinched nerves.

my sister had a brain tumor. she kept feeling sick or was spontaneously vommiting without warning. also vommiting triggered by smells.

I have had all those symptoms and it was anxiety.

However, if you are worried make an appointment with a different doctor.

i have been anxious i.e over worrying since my first son was born 13 years ago but i havent experienced physical symptoms like this.
ive had a racing heart at times but ive had times when i have had much to worry about and it still hasnt brought this on.

im just worried that everythings getting grouped together and labelled anxiety, i mean, anxious people can get brain tumours cant they.

over the last few months i have never felt so crap, the gp at one point put it down to sinus problems. i did have one very obvious case of sinusitis but when i went back still feeling crap i got referred to e.n.t . they looked with a camera at sinuses and couldnt see anything. gave me flixonase spray to use for 3 months.

its just this last 2 weeks that i have been feeling sick, my head is full of pressure, headache and my left hand and foot is tingling. going to sleep. feel really weak and just ODD

my partner is sick of me. i was lay worrying how i was going to deal with thw kids and everything today and he just got mad. then this morning on the phone he suggested i take the kids to play bloody badminton. i was like 'hello, im ill' grrrrrrr

My migraines feel like that too. ONe side of my face can go tingly/numb and it's one of my cues to take the migralieve.
It could be anxiety, it could be a post-viral infection (lethargy, tiredness etc) but I'm not a doctor.
Try your GP again (or someone else in the surgery)

My DP has on-going Sinus issues, had once convinced himself he had a brain tumour as well, he didnt.

Go and see a different doctor - it is so annoying when things just get put down to anxiety. Not sure why you're worried about a brain tumour though - probably lots more innocent explanations!

louii, your dh sinus issues. what happened with that then ? what were his symptoms? hope you dont mind me asking its just that ive always thought that youre nose was either blocked or runny with it and mine isnt really either, but, i feel as if something is blocked inside.
i know that sounds ,mad!

You sound EXACTLY the same as me three years ago and the doctors continuosly told me it was anxiety/pnd.

I was so cross because I was having so many physical symptoms (exactly like what you have describes) and I was terrified of what the cause was and the fact that doctors weren't acknowledging it.

I suffered terribly for a year, until one day I snapped and went back to the doctors and said "fine I'll take the ad's just to prove that you are wrong"

They weren't wrong.

connor thanx, what were youre main symptoms?

what do you do when you feel you cant carry on ? i have been asking dh to phone in sick at work..he wont and hes really unsympathetic which is making me really fed up aswell. i cant deal with my kisd feelin this crap

Another possibility is fibromyalgia, a nuisance but won't kill you! I got this about 10 years ago and some of my symptoms were similar - headaches, tingling and pins/needles in my arms and legs, excessive fatigue etc. I also had pain in my joints and soft tissue as well as fasciculations, tiny involuntary muscle spasms. I spent 6 months worried about MS, saw several doctors, got a brain MRI scan and eventually correctly diagnosed. Lasted several years before disappearing, funnily enough, when I got PG and has never returned.
The worry is the worst, all you can do is keep pushing your GP.
Good luck

Hi Cheeryface

I don't know quite where to start because I really want to say don't worry it's most likely nothing but I also want to say please go back to your GP and ask him/her to refer you to the neuro department at your local hospital if you are the least bit unhappy. I'm sorry for the long post but this is an issue I'm absolutely passionate about.

My DS had a brain tumour when he was 8 which was initially mis-diagnosed as being an unhappy child or migraine by the consultant. I knew he had a brain tumour as did our GP - text book symptoms - but until we saw a med student at a later clinic at the hospital nobody took us seriously even though I did all I could. She has now specialised in paediatric oncology mainly because of my son and I can never stop thanking her whenever I see her 14 years on.

The problem is that brain tumours which ARE rare have symptoms which are similar to many, many non serious illnesses and conditions - migraine, trapped nerves, hormonal imbalances, blood pressure problems, eye conditions etc, etc.

Cheeryface, it is very, very, very unlikely - incredibly, extremely unlikely - that you do have a brain tumour but if you are still worried you MUST, MUST go back to your GP and explain that you feel dreadful and describe all your symptoms. Ask to be referred if necessary. You might also want to consider keeping a diary of your symptoms so you can show your GP when your symptoms are at their worst/best. This might also show you that there is a particular pattern to your symptoms, maybe linked to your periods. I get hormonal migraines every month. Nasty but regular!

Don't panic or start researching brain tumours on google - you can convince yourself you've got anything if you do that. I repeat BRAIN TUMOURS ARE RARE but the important thing is to be satisfied that your GP is taking you seriously. Any GP worth their salt will happily explain to you why they think you haven't got one!

I hope I'm not accused of being a panic monger. That is certainly not my intention but until you've been in the position of dealing with a life threatening illness where diagnosis and treatment has been delayed - by 5 months! - because your concerns have been dismissed time and again then I don't think you can really comment. I just don't want it to happen to anybody else, but it still does.

Btw - my DS is 21, completely healthy and is now considered cured.

Cheeryface, you'll be fine. I have no doubt that there is a much more mundane and straightforward diagnosis but if in doubt don't be fobbed off and ask for a second opinion. Pay for it if necessary!

My symptoms were much the same as yours. I know it's very hard to believe that anxiety or depression can cause such a variety of physical symptoms and it's frightening when these symptoms mirror serious conditions such as brain tumours.

Have you been very honest with your doctor and told him you are worried about it being a tumnour? Has he explained to you why he doesn't think this is the case?

Please don't research symptoms on the internet. That was my biggest mistake and I manage to develope most of the symptoms that I read about. If my self diagnosis was correct then at the time I was suffering from a brain tumour, liver, bowel and lung cancer and MS

I noticed in your post that you said you had been having headaches for a long time before you developed other symptoms. Now I'm not going to tell about the symptoms of a tumour but in most cases headaches are actually one of the last signs of a brain tumour not the first.

Please go back to your doctor because whether it's anxiety or another diagnosis you are poorly and it's affecting to greatly.