Possible brain tumor, headaches everyday and now tingling feeling in right side fingers and toes?
It's possible, however, most of us were diagnosed after a seizure. And if somebody answers with, it would be nonstop screaming pain puking falling over, etc, they would be a big fat incorrect. It certainly is unlikely but tingling in my neck and fingers was one of the 1st of many more symptoms to come. I also put it off to a pinched nerve in my neck/shoulder area. That website uses, can, may, often, nothing concrete. Everybody is different. Perfect example: I read the symptoms pertaining to where my pretty decent sized tumor was and I didn't have those symptoms: Temporal lobe: - Hearing - Speaking - Identifying and categorising objects - Learning new information - Correctly identifying emotions in others. It can also cause memory loss, seizures or blackouts and sensations of strange smells.
Why does massaging one's temples soothe a migraine or headache?
Massaging your temples or another's temples to soothe a headache can help with the pain in several different ways: distraction from the pain and also maximization of circulation and optimal myofascial (muscle/connective tissue) function. This answer is mainly directed toward someone with a headache in the temple region, outside of the eyes. The answer may be different for someone with a headache in a different region of the head. When you massage the temples, you can do several techniques: mainly friction (rubbing across the skin) or various methods of kneading (rubbing into the skin and underlying tissues). Friction mainly is for draining pain-inducing chemicals from the tissues, to be resupplied with fresh blood supply, which essentially "cleanses" the tissue of pain and result in inflammation. Kneading (like the circle patterns we usually do) is to break up areas of myofascial tension and adhesion to underlying structures via repeated tension cycles. This will be for several goals: to break apart connective tissue that is cutting off blood/lymph/nerve supply and also to stimulate and reset optimal fluid flow in the tissue. Now, if you apply constant pressure to trigger points in the temporalis muscle, you will get relief from tension in the following areas (of red/referred pain):The tricky part is that these areas can be referred and triggered from other areas, which is a whole other question. But, it does feel good to release these points if you have a tension headache. If one has a true migraine, they may release part of the tension headache component with this, but the true migraine is unfortunately a different beast. It requires much more complete and systemic measures to address.
Is it normal for my brain to make cracking sounds?
Is it normal for my brain to make cracking sounds?There might not be enough information here for me to give a useful answer, but I’ll tell you what I can.But first I will stress this: If this is something that is worrying you in a health sense, then please seek professional medical advice.Assuming it’s not, and you’re asking out of curiosity, I’ll offer the following:It’s hard to know what you mean by ‘cracking’ sounds. Are they little random clicks and pops, or louder more physical sounds? Are they frequent, or just every now and then? I sometimes experience a phenomenon where I get a little ‘click’ which is accompanied by slight ringing tone and a sudden clarity of the high frequencies. I’ve had it since I was a kid. I also hear little ‘sparkling’ sounds from time to time, and very occasionally (once or twice in my life), shimmering sounds like distant cicadas. These are all pretty normal as far as I have enquired.Are you sure these sounds are from your ‘brain’ and not from your neck, or from your skull? Sometimes such sounds can be transmitted via bone conduction in such a way that you might ‘hear’ them. So, for example, if you move your neck and hear the sounds, it could just be conducted sound from your vertebrae. If you feel that it is a ‘brain’ sound, and not associated with physical movement (ie, you hear it even if you’re lying completely still), then there are phenomena that the brain experiences along these lines. It could be anything from misfiring auditory neurons (which is one of the things thought to cause tinnitus) to a more complex auditory hallucination.The brain can, and does, do weird things, and small auditory hallucinations like tones, or ringing or crackling are not uncommon. But as I said above, if it is having a negative effect on your state of mind or your health, go see a doctor.Oh, and if it is making cracking sounds loud enough for other people to hear, then definitely go see your doctor… :)
What does the feeling of a ghost in your presence feel like?
When I was about 23 years old, I had a profound experience of seeing two ghosts in my bedroom. I lived with my boyfriend and we had a 4 year old daughter. At the time, my boyfriend's grandmother was in hospital after having had two strokes, and we knew it wasn't looking good for her. On the night in question we are all asleep in bed. As usual,I had left the landing light on incase our little girl needed to get up for the toilet. During the night I awoke with the light flooding into our bedroom, as the door opened. I assumed it was our little girl coming in, and with squinted eyes due to the bright light , I glanced at my bedside clock which read 2am. I looked back towards the door , and what I saw and experienced next, all happened in a matter of seconds. I saw the silhouettes of an older female and an older taller male behind her, come Into the bedroom , go round to my sleeping boyfriend's side,turn and go back out again. Their presence did not alarm me. Something came over me that kept me feeling calm and very sleepy. So I immediately lay back down and fell asleep. The last thing I remembered was the room returning to darkness as the door closed behind them again.The next thing I'm aware of is the door knocking. We are all woken up at 8am with my boyfriend's dad at the door. He comes to tell us my boyfriend's grandmother passed away in the night around 2am. I then remembered the visit in the night , and it all made sense , although it shocked me too. I told my boyfriend what I had experienced , and he felt it was his granny coming to say goodbye.My boyfriend and i got married a few years later , and had 2 more children. I have never told my mother-in-law what happened that night.(It was her mother that died.) I guess I'm afraid she'll think I'm crazy! But i want her to know her mother visited the family when she passed. Anyway, in answer to your question ~ the presence of a ghost(s) made me feel very calm and at peace.
Why do I feel pressure in my head when I meditate?
This is the answer that Andy Puddicombe, founding father of Headspace and Buddhist monk for 8 years or so, gives in the headspace forum to the question why a person feels ‘tight and heavy’:“You’ll be pleased to know that this kind of sensation is quite common and typically nothing to worry about at all. Needless to say though, if you do have any concerns it’s best to contact your doctor to check, if only for peace of mind.But from a meditation perspective this is simply tension. We all carry tension and it can manifest in many different ways. More often than not, the result of mental or emotional tension is some kind of physical tension. Sometimes we’re aware of the build up, whereas at other times it can creep up on us until we are suddenly aware that we have tight shoulders for example. But when we sit to meditate we become more aware of what’s going on in both body and mind and therefore more aware of the tension.The good news is that this awareness is the beginning of the end. By that I mean in meditation we are creating the conditions to let go of tension and come to a place of ease. Awareness is just the first part of this. If we can allow the sensation to unravel in it’s own space and time, then we will naturally experience a shift in the sensation. For some this process is very quick, whereas for others it can be a lot slower. It is best not to expect any particular timeframe and instead simply become curious about the process instead.As long as we approach the tension in an open and gentle way we really can’t go too far wrong.Andy”Headspace
What might cause episodes of extreme nausea with intense and prolonged "deja vu"?
While every human being experiences deja vu occasionally, the episodes you described do not fall under that category. They sound like complex partial seizures, probably in the temporal lobe, preceeded by an aura. Temporal lobe sz's have different auras than those in the frontal lobe- "fight or flight" emotions, as opposed to physical movements. Complex partial seizures in the temporal lobe frequently begin with an aura- in which an intense deja vu strikes, the heart races, tummy feels as though you're going down an elevator without brakes, and you're terrified. I have been there many times! At that point, however, is when the complex partial takes over and you lose awareness. You are only partially conscious- as both sides of your brain are affected, the hippocampus cannot store any memories of the complex partial seizure. For this reason, it can take a long time before epilepsy to be recognized and diagnosed- which impairs brain function permanently. I went many years before I recognized my very frequent deja vu's, but I went another 10 years before I was finally diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) after one secondarily-generalized and became tonic-clonic (aka "grand mal"). Those with TLE typically have more difficulty obtaining seizure control than those with other types of E. The sooner you get help, the better! At this point, I would focus on diagnosis and treatment. Once that happens, then you can hypothesize what the cause may have been. Many people live their entire lives with E, and never know why. My cause was finally found through surgery to remove the area misfiring. The cause was a high fever around age 2- I never would have guessed that!