A member asked:

I was diagnosed with gad and neck muscle spasm. i get daily chtonic headaches due to the spasm but i fear brain tumor. dr won't send m for mri. help?

3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Headache: You do not have brain tumor and you are more likely to benefit from proper treatment of your anxiety disorder and other mental health pathology.

Answered 2/12/2015

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Dr. Laurence Badgley answered

Specializes in General Practice

Second opinion: Chronic headache might cause anyone to worry. In satisfying differential diagnostic problems, doctors properly examine & test patients to rule in & rule out disorders. When no organic causes are discovered, only then should functional & psychological disorders rise to top of differential list. Sometimes definitive studies, including imaging studies, are therapeutic; as negative results are shown.

Answered 2/15/2015

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