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Do I have a neurological disorder?

I am 18 years old and I am studying for my A levels hopefully to get a place into medical school (please do hope the best for me!). In the past year I have been suffering a few problems, for example my right side of my head aches a lot and when the ache comes it stays for the entire day, sometimes randomly there are sharp pains in my head that happen for one second and then leave. My eyes for some reason sometimes move rapidly from side to side very quickly but noone can see it happen, it is like its happening inside my head but it doesn't even stop when I shake my head rapidly, thinking that it might counter act the shaking in my eyes. Recently, when I stare hard at someone the surroundings all go white and say if I was looking at someone's eyes (happens in class when making eye contact with teacher) the background all goes white and I can only the one eye. I have started to stutter and now have a slight lisp which I never had in my childhood. I am not sure what is wrong but it gets worse during exam time, due to stress. Thank you for any help or advice.
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I'm having somewhat similar problems and I'm waiting on a reply to see if I should see a neurologist. I had blood tests done for magnesium, potassium, thyroid, calcium, and all that good stuff to see if it could be that but mine all came back normal. You should for sure have blood tests done and if it isn't some sort of deficiency then see a neurologist. That's what my doctor recommended.
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Magnesium deficiency symptoms include nystagmas (uncontrolled eye movements), headaches, and stuttering.  Physical and mental stress depletes magnesium.  
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have you gone to a doctor yet to have them check you out? the headaches, eye shaking/white background, lisp and stutter could be a result of seizures. when people think of seizures they think of basically passing out and start shaking nonstop  but there are different types of seizures. you might want to go get checked by a neurologist, get an mri done, and see an eye doctor. stress could also be a factor, stress does cause headaches sometimes and other strange things could happen to your body. i am also 18 years old, pre-med college student so i know what kind of stress you are dealing with. i also suffer from daily migraines and have a brain tumor so i somewhat know how you feel. but go to a doctor, get checked and i hope all goes well (:
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