Does anyone know what this weird sensation in my head could be?

”I have been to the Dr’s but they just dismiss it.”

Please, find another doctor.

I’ve been to about 6

I should say i’ve had this for about 12 years.

If you’re worried about a brain tumor, demand a MRI or a CT-scan or both.

It is the feeling of your thinking too hard about nothing. . . . Jk – maybe I’m the same way but when I do different activities which stimulate alternate parts of my mind it seems like I can feel the sensation of using a different part of my brain. Probably just me watching too much PBS . . . maybe you’re the same

hey @cloudvertigo, I can’t actually dismiss that, i’ve been studying a lot lately, and have noticed a difference in everything I do, re : memory recall etc etc, and i’ve been studying… the brain…. if you’re being serious… then perhaps it could be that?
I guess i should just get a CT scan to put my mind at ease…. I was just hoping to hear that other people have similar experiences…

When I got a similar feeling my doctor said I was probally low on water and needed to drink more fluids and have more salt in my diet since I have an issue with water retention and I don’t retain enough fluid. Are you drinking enough water and retaining enough fluid?

Mild dehydration can give you that feeling when standing quickly.

Your doctor should be listening to you and your concerns and if you are not taken seriously and don’t feel you are getting answers you can always change and go somewhere else. Its a business like any other if your not satified with something you go somewhere else and your health should be the most important thing a consumer should worry about getting the best service for.

I’m not kidding about having felt some kind of sensation – as though suddenly there was more blood flow or something turning on up there. Maybe you’re just a sensitive person.

@creative1 I didn’t know that about mild dehydration – good call. Though, one would hope that it wouldn’t be 12 years of dehydration!

For me it comes and goes depending on how much water I get in per day and how much salt I eat. I don’t eat alot of salt in my diet so I have to make a consious effort to eat things higher in salt in order to retain water. So yes it can go on for years if she don’t keep up her water intake on a regular basis. She maybe on a level that is just on the borderline of being dehydrated on a regular basis so it can remain with you. My big concern is why her doctor isn’t taking her worries seriously. I call mine with anything and they will test for anything and they can test for dehydration and ask how much you are drinking to find out if you need to see if its a case that you just don’t retain enough or you aren’t drinking enough. There is a number of things the doctors can do to put her mind at ease and should be doing but isn’t so in short she should be seeing a doctor that does listen to her because hypocondriac’s do still get sick and they do still need to be heard and taken seriously because something could be going on and they may really be sick. This could be a simple fix of drinking more water and see if that helps the issue. But the first thing I would do is go out and find another doctor and I would do it by interviewing them, asking how they handle patients who have many medical concerns like you do and when you find one you have a good rapore with you will be very very happy. A friend of mine is like you and I told her to do the same thing because she was having a similar isssue and was always calling me crying about an illness or another she was afraid of having now she finally found the right doctor who she calls and just runs the tests she needs to put her mind at ease and when she finds out she doesn’t have it and has an answer to what is ailing her at the moment she is then happy. I have never seen like she has been since finding the right doctor. She now never has to go webmd to figure out what is wrong with her she calls her doctor for answers. Which Webmd is good when you have a diagnois but when you are trying to figure things out for yourself and don’t it can make things worse because it gives you more illnesses than you could ever think of.

I think a brain tumor is pretty unlikely. Why? Because this has been going on for twelve years. Malignant tumors grow. They don’t just stay the same size for that many years.

There isn’t a whole lot of spare area in your head to allow for much growth as there is in something like breast cancer which involves a larger area of spare mass.

I mean, where in your brain/head does a tumor have room to grow without noticeably affecting speech, memory and various motor skills or causing MAJOR painful headaches? A growing tumor is going to impinge on critical brain ares more and more as time goes on. Twelve years is a long long time.

I’m not a Dr. but plain old common sense tells me that much.

But if nothing will satisfy you short of a brain scan, then by all means find a Dr. willing to order one. Just be aware that you could be exposing your brain to unnecessary radiation thus possibly causing that which you fear.

I think it’s far more likely to be something far simpler like blood pressure fluctuations or the dehydration already mentioned. There are far simpler tests than a brain scan to nail down the underlying problem.

But, you really do need to find a Dr. who will not so casually dismiss your complaints. That may be difficult but you need to persevere, not just for this situation, but for the future as well.

This is just a thought, but perhaps you could find someone at your local hospital who could recommend a Dr.
This person could have one of several different job titles. Look for something along the lines of “Patient Advocate” or “Medical Ombudsman” or even perhaps a Social Worker (LSW) who is affiliated with the hospital specifically for handling patient needs of various sorts.

Some of the best Drs. I’ve ever had over the years in various places where I’ve lived have been from Recos from people with that type of job.

Even tho I’m not a hypochondriac, I had other major trust issues where medical people are concerned and the temperament and basic treatment philosophy of the Dr. was as important to me as their credentials or specialty.

These people work with lots of different patient types as well as most of the affiliated Drs. and have a pretty good idea who might be a compatible match with whom.

Try to get an appt. With someone like that. Explain your situation to them and ask if they can recommend a few Drs who might be good in dealing with someone with your tendencies.

Give it a try. It worked for me numerous times in the past. It’s not a 100% guarantee of a perfect match right away but it’s better than just constantly taking a stab in the dark and crossing your fingers hoping to find an understanding Dr.

It could be your ears and your equilibrium. That would explain it going on for 12 years without killing you. I have a similar experience when I look down and then look up.

I don’t believe medicine can identify everything, and if it’s been going on for 12 years and isn’t causing headaches or changes in speech, you should probably find something else to worry about.

Low blood sugar can make you feel light headed and is often described as feeling similar to “standing up too quickly”.

Doctors can get it wrong, but it might be that your symptoms don’t fit those of a brain tumor. You said you are really anxious. Have you tried therapy? And in the meantime, try and find a doctor who you trust enough to believe.