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writes: Is my boyfriend being completely insensitive? I've been having these mini-seizure things that my doctor has no idea what it is. Brain tumors run in my family, so she suggested I go to a neurologist in two weeks. I also have been having really bad sleep paralysis where I hear voices and can't move as I'm waking up and I feel like someone is pressing on me. This is another sign of a possible brain tumor. Anyway, I told my boyfriend about it and how I'm kinda scared and he just said "it's all too much" and that he thinks I'm making it up, that my brain is creating it since I think about it! I said I think about it because I'm experiencing it! I was so mad because he was so unsupportive and actually mean about it. Just last week he said asked me if I would always be there for him if something ever happened to him or his family if we were ever fighting or broken up or something, and I said yeah. But after last night on the phone (when he actually put the phone down because he didn't want to listen anymore to me defend myself that I'm not making it up) I hung up on him. Then I texted him that since he isn't there for me when I need him, that I wouldn't be there for him if something happened to him or his family. I was just so hurt and I'm so mad. Did I do the right thing by saying that? Is he being unsupportive and cruel? I feel so alone, because he is the one person I go to about things, and now I feel like I can't even count on that. For everyone's information, my doctor wanted me to get a MRI brain scan and the ETC or ETG scan to check for seizures but I can't afford it because i have to meet a 5,000 dollar deductible first. My bf says I don't have a brain tumor, but how could he know? My dad just had his removed last year, and my great grandpa was killed by one, and my grandpa had one. I'm not exaggerating, why would I?
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reader, anonymous, writes (4 April 2011): This is verified as being by the original poster of the questionwell i definately get enough sleep and I'm really not stressed at the moment. What am I supposed to do to make things better with my boyfriend. I'm pretty sure he's done with me.
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reader, anonymous, writes (3 April 2011): Sleep paralysis is caused by stress and sleep deprivation. Seizures also can present or worsen when you do not get enough sleep. Most likely,'your problem is lack of sleep, not a brain tumor. The brain tumors that run in your family do NOT seem to affect young females. In fact, they seem to only strike older males.Finally, you don't mention having headaches, numbness, sluggish movements on one side of the body or double vision which are all more common symptoms of brain tumors than sleep paralysis.If you seriouly thought you had a brain tumor, you would immediately get those medical tests performed. You need to stop diagnosing yourself from medical websites and either get the tests and know for sure one way or the other, or you need to just drop the whole issue instead of carrying on about your health (seems you've done this sort of thing before with regards to something you though was seriously wrong health-wise and turned out to be nothing) and stop creating more drama in your life than you can adequately handle.I do hope your father's recovery is quick and uncomplicated. Please learn how to deal with stress in your life before it ruins your health. You need to step back and treat yourself to a rejuvenating day. I am speaking from experience. I develop seizures and sleep paralysis (and other health issues like rashes, worsening asthma, etc.) when I become stressed out and lose sleep because of the stress. My MRI and CT scans were completely normal. Eat right. Learn how to cope. And make sure you get enough sleep. Hang in there and you will be ok. :)
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