u/Due-Blueberry-2241

I’m looking for a radiologist who could review my MRI DICOM files today and give me their opinion. Of course, this would be a paid consultation payment upfront.

Today I had a head MRI scan that I was really scared of, or rather I was scared of the results. On the referral it said that contrast would be used at the radiologist’s discretion. After the scan, the MRI operator told me that contrast wouldn’t be necessary. Does that mean I have a tumor and it’s visible enough that contrast isn’t needed, or the opposite — that everything looks okay and there’s no need for contrast? I have to wait up to 10 days for the report, and I feel like I’m going to go crazy thinking about it.

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Hey, I’d like to share my concerns with you. For about a week and a half now, I’ve been having serious problems with concentration—I can’t focus on anything. When I talk to people, I lose words or struggle to find them. When I read something, it’s like my brain doesn’t absorb the text at all I look at it, but my mind doesn’t want to process it, and even if I do read it, I remember nothing.

On top of that, I often feel nauseous and dizzy, along with sudden waves of heat—almost like smoking four cigarettes in a minute. The worst part is this strange pressure in my head—it’s not pain, but a dull, hard-to-describe sensation, like my head is a balloon.

I forget things, I feel this “brain fog,” and I feel clumsy and helpless. Because of this, I avoid contact with people and only go out for walks alone. I also recently had an eye exam for new glasses, and my eye pressure was elevated—the upper normal limit is 21 mmHg, and mine was 23.

I’m really scared that I might have a brain tumor. Yesterday I saw a neurologist who didn’t find anything abnormal, but she referred me for an MRI, which scared me even more. I have the scan tomorrow, but I’m writing this post to ask if this could actually just be hypochondria.

I’ve had episodes before where I was afraid I had brain cancer, but never with symptoms this intense. For the past week and a half, I genuinely haven’t been able to function normally. Has anyone here experienced something similar?