I'm talking like from the moment you wake up until the moment you go to bed. There's just this persistent pressure in my brain that sometimes builds up to the point of unbearable, and it has previously driven me to using drugs or alcohol to medicate myself away from it (not anymore BC it's not a long term solution and I don't like becoming dependent on things like this to help it). Coffee sometimes helps with some relief too, but only if I don't drink it regularly; if I drink coffee multiple times in a short time frame (a coffee a day for a few days) it ceases to help. Sometimes if I become really engaged with something or if I'm really happy and enjoying myself, I'll forget the pain is there, or maybe it will be a little less present, but it's almost always with me. It's been like this for years, and a lot of things I've read online, and doctors I've visited, suggest it could be tension or stress, but surely I can't be stressed 24/7 even without reason? Am I the only one dealing with this?