Do you have an eye clinic near you? Where do you live?

@arisza9110, an eye clinic or Urgent Care might get you a sooner appt; can your primary care doctor push for a appt even if with another eye doctor? I sometimes find "wtf" helpful, better than letting stress build up. I have some damage to my optic nerves (no pain), and as of this year, severe dry eye and (no symptoms) dry AMD. My dry eyes hurt and are blurry if I don't use Refresh or Systane preservative-free (PF) eye drops or eye gel (my eyes react to Visine or cheap eye drops). In the off chance this helps, if one's eyes dry out, we are blind. Is your vision worse if there is air flow (eyes dry out faster). My vision is normal as long as I use PF eye drops, otherwise it drops to 20-40 and worse, and my eyes are blurry, and feel gritty, and swollen. I now use a heated eye mask to hopefully increase oil production from the glands at the base of eye lashes (otherwise eyes dry out faster), and clean my lids with OcuSoft or gentle soap (mites can cause eye problems). Since you said the diagnosis was normal, that suggests no macular drusen or associated AMD (which also wouldn't cause the pain). My husband get retinal migraines, but your doctors should have noted that. He treats them with avoiding stress, wearing dark glasses outside, and resting for 20 min until they are gone. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/24262-blurred-vision

You need to get attention ASAP even if it means going to an emergency
room. There is the possibility of GCA -inflammation of the blood vessels
in your head causing headaches and visual problems.

You need to be seen by a top hospital:
https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/rankings/ophthalmology
Check your insurance. Is your insurance keeping you from getting the best care?

I agree, get yourself to one of the top hospitals. I had a problem with cataract surgery and my doctor was very unhelpful. I immediately made an appt at the Cleveland Clinic. It takes awhile to get in and I don't go until July, but I'm hoping they can help me. They do not ask for a referral, as many clinics do. I am grateful because I don't feel like jumping through hoops and asking my very unhelpful doctor for a referral. Not sure where you live, but there are many good clinics across the country if you are able to travel a bit to get to one.

Continue researching for specialist you need! I have Panuvitis. Very rare and I'm still trying to find the best eye dr to treat it. The steroid drops have caused steroid induced glaucoma. Anyone know of a specialist for Panuvitis? Any good luck to you! I hope you get a really good doctor!

I had headaches but assumed it was allergies or sinus. Woke up Oct 17, 2024 with partial vision loss in right eye. Went to opthamologist on 18th and he diagnosed temporal arteritis, GCA. He started me on 80 mg prednisone. All tests they did came back normal, blood work, biopsy, etc. even though I was having all symptoms of GCA. It does not always show up in tests. I was then sent to Neuro ophthalmologist and have been on prednisone and I am at 10 mg at this time. Do not wait as if it is this, you can lose your vision. Very important to get treatment right away. Best of luck in finding someone who will listen to you and move forward .

You need to get to a neuro ophthalmologist ASAP. This could be NAION or the headache suggests GCA as someone else also mentioned. That needs to be addressed quickly or ruled out.

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Eyes affect the brain for sure. That is a fact. I wish I had never seen an eye dr and just dealt with the dry eye issue. I was very fortunate to have better than perfect vision until I was lied to and had an LPI. Destroyed my vision.

I hope you find an honest dr and be very careful about trusting them to do procedures that will make you even worse.