Brain pressure only behind my eyes for 3 months on and off through the day, every day.

This a long post but i want to share as much info as I can. There is no pattern or reason why I feel like this.

No too long ago, I used to wake up 3 seconds before the alarm went off. Then a had good, great, and fantastic days.

Now, it takes me forever to wake up. My brain feel sleepy and tired on and off through the day. I ask myself "why do i feel this way?" "I feel really sick". My mind just can't go into high gear, not even slow gear. I don't suffer from depression, anxiety, or panic attacks.

I just feel really sick. I feel this pressure on the on the front of my brain ....behind my eyes. My brain feels very tired but not my body.

I want to do stuff, go places, get busy, etc. But my brain is tired. I get very nauseous and ready to puke. So I take nausea medication, maybe too often.

I had 2 full blown blood tests. Everything is great. I had a brain MRI and a CT scan. Everything is perfect. I went to an eye specialist and he conducted test after test and my eyes looked great. Then repeated the eye tests 2 and 4 weeks later. Same results.

My PCP doctor said that I might have sleep apnea and maybe I was sleep deprived. She wanted me to go to a sleep clinic for observation. However, that wasn't not an option. So, I set my security camera at home and slept in front of it to see if woke up gasping for air.

The security camera records any movements or noises. I only moved a few times through the night to change sleeping positions. Recorded it for 3 nights. Nothing there. I'm pretty familiar with sleep Apnea because I lived for 2 decades with someone who had it.

So I went to see s neurologist. I told him I was feeling really sick on and off. He said "sick? or weak? or tired?. They are not the same thing".

I sat there thinking about it for a moment and I wasn't sure how to separate the symptoms for he doctor. I only have them in my brain, behind my eyes but not in my body, I thought. But by then he had already decided that he needed to increase my medication for weakness (Mestinon). I knew that wasn't the solution because my body wasn't weak but he wanted me to define "I feel sick" in medical terms. I had no idea where to start.

Then back to my PCP and she recommended that I take 325mg of iron. I did it the next day and my heart started to pound so fast. I decided to take less because I didn't like the feeling. Besides, the sick feeling didn't go away. Then she recommended vitamins, which according to my blood tests, i didn't need. But i took whatever she recommended.

Whenever I feel like that, I think that maybe a little nap would help. But I'm not feeling sleepy, so trying to sleep never works.

I don't know what to do. My head doesn't hurt. My eyes do not hurt, they are not dry, or anything else. Just the annoying feeling of feeling really sick and the constant nausea. I can't think when I feel like that. I eat enough good food on the regular basis. I don't drink or do illicit drugs, never had. No alcohol, no sleeping pills, no pain meds.

Sometimes I think it feels like my blood sugar was in the 800s (if that is even possible). My last AC1 test was 6.9 and the one before that 7.1 (7.4 the highest I ever had). I have diabetes type 2 but I say away from sweets and high carbs foods. I'm not over/under weight.

My PCP increased my thyroid medication. I'm not sure why because my body isn't tired. Just my brain. A psy test showed no problems like depression or personally problems. Some memory problems but who would not have them if you feel REALLY sick only in a specific part of your brain?

Some memory problems for someone in the early 60's is normal. I'm highly educated (5 degrees). I read a lot and remember the plot, the characters, the rising actions, the climax of the stories, the ending. I can summarize the books/movies for friends without a problem, unless I "feel really sick". I'm somewhat successful, retired, no money/financial problems, no debt, no family problems, no anxiety, no panic attacks, no stressful situations, no accidents, no falls, so what's going on? There has been 3 times i ws so sick I was sure that was my last day on Earth. But die of what? Really. People who are really sick don't die of nothing. They usually die of something. I don't think I'm going to die anything time soon, but when I'm going through those moments, sometimes I get concerned. I've so many plans, so many places I want to go. So many people to meet, much fun to have. I just can't do any of this until these "I feel really sick" episodes go away.

I just don't know how? I've not found anything on the internet that could provide any leads nor answers.

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