I thought I would feel better after having a normal result from my brain scan.... nope. The results said "benign high vertex calcification'. But they make it sound like it's not a big deal and it says i have no masses or anything like that. Does anyone know what high vertex calcification means? Does anyone else have that? I'm having really bad neurological symptoms. That's why i think they messed up the results. How do they know it's benign? 
Not sure what that means however I'm similar to you in I just had my MRI on my brain and everything came back fine(I can see my prelim results without talking to my neurologist) even though he hasn't called me yet to tell me for sure and I as well thought my symptoms would just disappear after hearing everything's good however still everyday the dreaded cloudy pressure feeling in my head comes back and last forever. The issue with us IMO is we just haven't or can't for some reason accept that we are in fact ok. I started havin symptoms and then realized my pupils were different sizes and from then on I was a downward spiral and I think from hearing everyone else's experiences acceptance is the first and most major step into recovery. All I can say is I know it's hard but we gotta try and accept this as what it is and move on
Im guessing here but.lIt already said it was nothing in the description but why dont you just ask what it exactly means. Some extra thick spot of bone? if its calcification wouldnt it be the skull part not your brain. I dont think that has anything to do with your actual brain. It is so difficult to mess uo a ct scan they take a billion pictures slicing thru thickness and everything. Its extremly proficient. And they can give you a copy of it, i dont know what you do with it but you can ask for a copy. Anxiety comes with a load of nuerological symotoms because it effects the whole nervous system. Its like the cns gine awry sometimes. Its beyond annoying and awful. They know what they are looking at by law two eoctors read them not ine then your own specialist. His what they do and technology reads them too. So you have nithng tomrally worry about here. It calcification..bone..the ct slices layers of it they can see it in great detail. I think high vertex is the location of it then you got some calcification aka bone. Thats all i think it says. But i am not a doctor at all. Not claiming to knw anything it just seems to say straight up its benign and whee it is and what it is. And its the skull part not brain.Vertex...the vertex (or cranial vertex) is the upper surface of the head. In humans, the vertex is formed by four bones of the skull: the frontal bone, the two parietal bones, and the occipital bone. That is the location. I dont think you need to worry at all. You had some calcification that's all and it is benign. But sgain you can always ask. i have no idea if that helps you. But all it did was give the location on the skull that had some calcification that and they noted benign it was bone not anything awry and not on your brain..your skull.
It's hard not to worry when my symptoms are so bad I have facial weakness. I don't think anxiety can cause that
They have orafascial pain centers you can go to for face issues.oral and maxillary surgeon they do face stuff. Also rhematoid doctors are very efficient for ruling out auto immune disorders.
You would be amazed at what anxiety can do, your brain is very powerful and can effect almost every single part of your body in a not so comfortable way. But as said earlier the CT likely would've shown enough reason for a MRI and the fact that one was scheduled after the Ct says it all.
Anxiety can cause symptoms 24/7? My symptoms really don't go away sometimes it feels like I'm going crazy everyone thinks it's all in my head but my symptoms are real
They absoutly can last all 24/7. I've had this weird foggy dizzy it's of pressure and almost like my brain is getting squeezed for since last August and just in the week or two starting going away for any real time and by that I mean a cpl hours then straight back, my whole family and doctors all think it's all in my head and I guess with MRI coming back ok To my knowledge it may very well be lol I never thought I was.crazy just thought I had ms or tumor or anyerisom of some sort
When doctors use the term benign that doesn't mean they always have to do a biopsy to find that out. They just know that what they see is nothing dangerous.
Yeah I still think I have a tumor even my arms and legs are weak. I feel like this is going to kill me.
Apparently 80% of all cases of bilateral facial parylsis is caused by a serious underlying health condition I hate google. Now I just want to go to the hospital
I'm thinking it's a neck tumor now
You know i have had that thought too. Not for a tumor but curiosity because i have an optic nerve issue and they only scanned my brain. So oddly i didnt even find that off. Read about face nerves in terms of snxiety and in terms of tmj. Try an orafascial specialist youll get more amswers.
Stay off of Google! You're going to drive yourself crazy and make yourself sick.
The doctors thought there was something serious they would've told you. My symptoms of anxiety never go away, they might become mild but are always there to some extent. Your neurological symptoms are we more likely due to anxiety. Then anything else. I have had brain test blood test etc. they all come out normal. I thought for sure I had some terrible disease. You can waste your life with worry and not enjoy life or get on with your life and manage your anxiety so your symptoms lessen.
more you think about all this the more your symptoms will stay or get worse. I suggest you speak with a counselor who can help you manage your anxiety. It helped me a lot. The other thing is to stay busy! The worst thing you can do is sit around and think about this all the time. Your brain will stay negative that way. Do something for someone else which takes your mind off of this stuff. Stay social and get exercise!
I agree get plenty of exercise this honestly helps me more then the medication.
I have multiple lumps on my body though one appeared on my foot in November and then I noticed one in my boob two months ago. I was pregnant until last month so no one would do anything to help me it seems like there's m no way I could have to benign tumors or cysts when I'm feeling this bad
I was feeling super terrible for a whole year up until now where I'm just now starting see signs of improvement and on my MRI I had 7mm cyst in my nasal passage I forget what is called but it's not uncommon, the topic was your brain having a tumor now we're heading all over the place, which is a sign of health anxiety, also my sister has breast cancer and she found out during her pregnancy, they biopsied the lump while she was pregnant so if they thought it was serious they would've done atleast that so I'd say go to the dr have them check the lumps and then if nothing accept that and move on which is amazingly hard to do however acceptance is really the only way to get passed this terrible thing. Get that drs appt and try and stay positive I feel sh*tty everyday even now that I'm somewhat improving it's hard, honestly the hardest thing I've ever had to deal with but we are not the only ones and we can get passed it it just takes time among other things(meds, counseling or both) but it can and will get better in time. You just have to choose to believe it will
I've always had health anxiety but it's just scary now because there's actually something wrong I've been having symptoms for a whole year thinking it was just anxiety. Now everything is so much worse I've had an ultrasound of the one in my boob and now waiting to get an MRI of it. I wish they could just do a biopsy because i'm pretty sure it's cancer
So benign breast lump.. now i just need to find out what the thing in my foot is.