Brain Tumor Fear Resurfacing

Hi. I'm hoping someone can reassure me that I'm okay. Sorry this is gonna be kind of long, I just don't wanna leave anything out. BTW I am a 19 year old female.

So it all started almost a year ago (my first few weeks being away at college, after tragedy (death of a friend and anxiety about being away)). It started with me feeling dizzy for a few seconds when I laid down, turned over, or sat up. Then after a few weeks that went away. Had that problem mildly again recently but again has gone away. Then around early december I suddenly felt tingling/numbness down my right arm. That eventually went away/happened on and off occasionally. And what worries me most - I've had headaches (head pain and head pressure). Sometimes it is one sided, sometimes all over. At that time I would basically go to bed and wake up with the head problem. Sometimes it would get better, but mostly no relief.

I went to my pediatrician over winter break and she said it is tension/stress related. My parents said that too but I was not satisified with that answer. I had an eye test and the only problem was that my prescription increased. I've heard that if you had a brain tumor they can be picked up during an eye test so I was somewhat relieved after that. I had a blood test done last year (before symptoms started) and all was fine except for slightly high cholestorol. 

Fast forward a few months to summer break. I transferred schools so I am back home going to a commuter school now. At the beginning of the summer I still had the head problems a bit, but not as bad as they used to be. Then around mid summer for about two months they basically went away completely. I also went to a medium for personal reasons (I know some people might not believe in it and say its not credible, whatever) and the medium picked up on my "health problems" and said that there is nothing wrong with me. Also during the summer I had gone back for another eye test, still nothing wrong just got new prescription and new glasses. I also went for my yearly physical and blood work and overall it was fine except for slightly high choloestorol and triglicerides. Also, my doctor said my red blood cell size and red blood cell distribution width was slightly larger than normal, but didn't mention that it was anything to worry about (that did not show up in my blood work a year ago, though). But I tried not to worry about it since the doctor did not sound worried about it. (I read up on it and it said some causes of it could be due to B12 deficiency or liver disease, but I'm honestly not worried about liver disease)

My brain tumor fear did pretty much go away over the summer when my symptoms went away for the most part (still had them occasionally but nothing like how it was). And then towards the end of the summer to now I wouldn't say its getting worse cuz it is still not as bad as when it first started almost a year ago, but it is not almost completely gone like it was over the summer. 

I mostly have upper jaw pain and head pressure on the right side (back right side and moves up to the front) and it just feels like someone is really pressing down on my head, and sometimes I can feel (the pressure) into my teeth.

I am really trying not to freak out because my parents don't believe anything serious is wrong so they won't take me for an mri or anything and I'm trying to think rationally that if it really were something to worry about it probably wouldn't have gone away for a bit. But it still is in the back of my head and worries me.

Can someone, anyone, please reassure me or share experiences. Anything would be appreciated!

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