Thank you for responding. It means a lot. Being able to talk to someone who actually listens really helps.

The symptoms started out as occasional brain fog around a year ago. It was odd, as I could sometimes tell the brain fog came from the back of my head. Eventually, the brain fog became constant. I thought my ADHD meds stopped working, so I started keeping track of those.

This summer the symptoms advanced, now the back of my head often feels under pressure with the constant brain fog. Then I knew there was no way this was my meds (since I wasn’t taking them during summer).

I have only been able to talk to my doctor once about the issue, as he retired. He believed it to be depression. I believe the issue caused that, but that it’s separate from my issue. I’ve started therapy around a week ago.

I’ve talked with a nurse practitioner three times. They order multiple blood tests and refer me to different people (neurologist, hematologist, and a rheumatologist for some reason).

I have been to a neurologist twice. They tell me it’s just migraines. The meds they give me don’t work. Nurse practitioner agrees it’s just migraines. I feel my opinion + symptoms is disregarded by both.

I’ve gotten several blood tests checking for possible headache causes. Magnesium, testosterone, vitamin B, vitamin D, Iron, thyroid, and a couple others I can’t recall. My brain MRI comes up negative.

I tried a chiropractor, but I only went for a couple meetings since I’m rather skeptical of chiropractors. No change in my symptoms.

Next thing I plan on trying is occipital nerve blocks from the neurologist. Since my symptoms seem to come from the back of the head, it could be some weird case of Occipital Neuralgia (weird in that it isn’t painful, only feels like pressure). I’ve talked with someone online who has ON and ADHD. Just like me, they experienced brain fog first and thought their medication stopped working before they got any other symptoms. Also, they could tell their brain fog came from the back of the head too.

If the nerve blocks work, I’ll consider further steps. If they don’t work, I might try to get imaging of my cervical spine and, if any issues are spotted, get them solved through physical therapy or other means.

Thank you. I will try to give updates as best I can.