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@k1308

Hello,
I'm KJ, I'm a 34 year old male, who has been suffering from chronic headaches for over 10 years. It's essentially been a nonstop headache that I feel in both temples and between the eyes. The severity will fluctuate day to day but never completely goes away. I've been looking for an underlying cause for a long time. I've tried ENT treatments like allergies medicines, shots, and sinus surgery. I've had CTs scans with no issues identified. I've been diagnosed with sleep apnea and have been regularly using a machine for 2 years now. I've always been anxious person but I I've started to require treatment for both anxiety and depression in the last 5 years which i believe is due to the stress of dealing with these symptoms. I also always had difficulty sleeping, with these symptoms contributing to having very low energy. I've recently started taking Adderall this year due to my struggles with maintaining focus at work. Which I believe is due to dealing with these same symptoms daily. I find it difficult to motivate myself to be more physically active and often stress eat. I started taking Wegovy 6 months ago in hopes weight loss would help alleviate some symptoms. I'm 5 ft 10 and have managed to get my weight down to 180 from 225. It feels like nothing I do makes any difference and I'm not really sure what else I can try at this point. I really feel like I'm giving all the energy I have to just getting by day to day and I want to be able to do more than that again. I feel the years of dealing with these symptoms is taking a larger toll on me as time goes on but i just don't know what else I can do at this point besides just trying to power through and hope that at some point this will go away. I don't know that I'll get any true answers here, but it feels good to talk about with people who may understand what I'm going through and the toll it's taking on life.

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Oh KJ. I just finished my comment, then saw yours. I'm thinking you might be an optimist by nature? I saw myself in your story and thought something or someone has held him up. Something gets you out of bed, then later out of your chair. I know I'm thankful.

Hello, welcome to Connect @k1308 I'm sorry to hear of the difficulty you've had with headaches and all that accompanies having chronic pain. Thank you for sharing your story. Mayo Clinic offers a wonderful pain Rehabilitation Center which I graduated from. It really helped me with chronic conditions like daily headaches, migraine, nerve dysfunction, etc... You are much too young to be in the "cycle of pain" without finding ways to manage and perhaps break the cycle. Based on what you've described I think you would be a prime candidate for the Mayo Clinic's PRC. Here's info on the program:

- https://www.mayoclinic.org/departments-centers/pain-rehabilitation-center/sections/overview/ovc-20481691

Outside of medication and treatments, what ways have you been managing your symptoms?