Posted by SLS on April 1, 2018, at 9:18:17
In reply to Re: How are you doing?, posted by farshad on April 1, 2018, at 2:15:22
> Well like I said im not gonna argue with you if I have a tumor or not I will just have to see and find out.
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> I believe its a benign tumor (non cancerous) so it doesent spread anywhere and its just in one part of my brain in the paraventricular nucleus .
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> I believe I have had this since I was 10-11 years old.... the older I got the more anxiety I got this would make sense since this mean the tumor got bigger more cells built up and pressing the CRH harder..
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> I know gamma knife is radiotherapy . I maybe worded it wrong when I said surgery I thought you could call it a surgery since it invovles operating on a person from doctor. and I havent even told you my symtomps but here are some: blurry vision , loss of balance, headache/pressure, sometimes tinnitus to name a few..
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> I will discuss this with my doc but since You asked I thought I would explain where im at right now.I hope you are able to come to a resolution of the syndrome you are experiencing. I guess it wouldn't hurt to have a MRI if that is what you need to do. Ed_UK gives good advice. I don't think he is challenging your intellect. He genuinely cares.
There might be some sort of dysautonomia thing going on. One of my doctors said that dysautonomia can be a component of depressive disorders, but symptoms are variable, and can include the symptoms you describe. Usually, it involves an imbalance of sympathetic/parasympathetic systems in favor of sympathetic. You would be in constant "fight-or-flight" mode. If your MRI is negative, you can then test your HPA axis function using low-dose dexamethasone suppression test or a dexamethasone/CRH test. If HPA is normal, then dysautonomia can explain high cortisol levels, if they exist. Major Depressive Disorder and bipolar depression often present with high cortisol levels. Do you have high cortisol levels? Do you have a depressive, anxiety, or OCD disorder as diagnosed by a doctor?
I must have missed your list of symptoms and diagnostic history.
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I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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