Can't find relief

[Roger108]

About 20 months ago I felt something breakdown in left temple area behind left eye. Ever since then that area feels stressful and painful, and I've also been having symptoms of depression- sadness, crying, difficulty sleeping without pills, etc. It feels agitated and stressed out in the left temple area chronicly since then. I've tried herbs, vitamins, and anti-depressants but they haven't seemed to help. I've had MRI's and CAT's but they say they are all normal. Xanax seems to give a little temporary relief, but not much. The anti-depressants seem tolerable for a few days and then the stress there seems to get worse. I've tried several different ones and the doctors tell me I have to stay on them for several weeks before I'll know if they help, but the stress seems to get worse and the longest I've been able to tolerate any of them is about 7 days.

I was thinking maybe it's temporal arteritis because the stress point is always in the same spot on left temple area. It feels like something broken down there, but so far doctors haven't been able to find anything physically wrong. They say temporal arteritis can cause some symptoms like this and won't show up on MRI's or CAT scans. Wondering if I should have biopsy to see if that's whats causing all this pain and suffering everday. Don't know where to go with it at this point. Any ideas- it's very difficult to live like this with left side of brain shut down everday.
I'd sincerely appreciate any advice you might offer.

Thanks,
Roger  

[Roger108]

Thanks Rliz. Yes. I have constant squeezed feeling in left temple are behind left eye for 2 years now. It doesn't go away. It also causes me to feel depressed, fatique, lack of energy or interest in seeing people or doing things I used to enjoy. It's been an ordeal to keep going to work each day and carry on like this. Don't know what's causing it. MRI and CAT scans don't show anything. Antidepressants seem to increase the stress and disturbance there to the point where it builds up to the point where I can't tloerate them for more than a few days. Xanax helps a little for a few hours, but the squeezed pain there remains everyday. Feels like something broke down in the left temporal area of brain. Could be temporal arteritis- I don't know what it is, but very disturbing to have to live with with each day. I took prednisone for a week and it seemed to help, but doctor is reluctant to give me more. Not sure where to go with this. Any ideas? I could use help in whatever form is neccessary.
Thanks,
Roger

[therese83]

With the antidepressants sometimes you can feel bad for the first 3 weeks or so/side effects including nervousness and stress.  This is normal and after a while they start to work and you feel the positive effects.

[Jaredrl]

What do you mean by "breakdown"?

i.e. go into detail.