@wsteckline That is a very good question. I tried for 6 months where I live to get help and I got none. So I went out of state. I saw a neuro-opthalmologist and she pushed on the right side of my neck asked me if it was tender. It was somewhat. Then my diagnosis was occipital neuralgia. So I found a neuro-opthalmologist much closer to home and I went to see her so I could be followed. She does not think I have Occipital Neuralgia. I don't either now. When you look at the symptoms of it I haven't had what is written. She asked me if it was okay if I was referred to a Neurosurgeon and I said yes. I know it will take awhile to see one. I do know this is very frustrating to not get what is needed. I always read about things I have been diagnosed with. Before I went to see this Dr. I again read about Occipital Neuralgia and I don't believe I have it either. I do have Small Nerve Fiber and was diagnosed in 2021 with it. I woke up with full onset of paresthesia (which is pin pricks) from head to toe and in my eyes going off 24-7. It took three months to get an appt with a neurologist and I asked him how many of his patients had the same exact things I did. He said none its rare. So they took 20 tubes of blood and found no cause. So they did the skin biopsy and found the Small Nerve Fiber. So I have been taking Alpha-Lipoic Acid and It stopped the 24-7 but I still get them but not like in the beginning. I know I am repeating things here that I have said prior. In February of this year I had head pressure and blurry vision and it scared the daylights out of me. I went to the hospital and they scanned me and found nothing. They put me in the hospital for two nights on a stroke protocol. I had a Neurologist come into my room and didn't introduce himself and he said, "For lack of a better term we will call this a TIA." Transient Ischemic Attack. I did not have that and he labeled me. So when I went home it took me a bit to come back to myself. Then a Dr. came in that I used to have to call when I worked and he said, "You need to get your blood pressure under control." I didn't say a word. I called my husband and wrote down my blood pressures and when he came back I handed him the paper. He said, "OH". That was the end of that. He must have seen what other Doctors wrote about my blood pressures and copied it. Doctors I went to were blaming my problems on my blood pressure and that was not right. I see my cardiologist and I know how to take care of my blood pressure. I won't say, "I know how you feel." Because only you know that. But I understand where you are coming from. The medical field right now is not good. I am not saying all Doctors are bad. It is difficult to get answers how well I know. I will see a Neurosurgeon in an appt. It might take awhile I am sure. I got tired of seeing Doctors after the hospital visit because I didn't get help at all. So I took the advice of my sister and went to Houston Texas after I looked up Doctors there. There are some really good hospitals and Doctors there. Then there is Mayo-Clinic. I didn't know that there were Neuro-opthalmologists. I went to the Neurologist that diagnosed me with SNF and he should have been able to diagnose what I had but didn't. I basically researched Hospitals and Doctors. I see that there are hospitals that have programs for FND. I basically got tired of seeing Doctors where I lived so I looked elsewhere. I am not done in my quest. What helped me to move forward is the fact that I needed help and I got tired of what I was hearing. I wish you good luck in finding help. @rnlorena