Doctor here. The problem with patients who self-diagnose, or get an AI diagnosis, or have friends who diagnose for them is that there is no proper weighting of evidence. A single test can be pretty misleading, even the "gold standard" test needs to be interpreted in light of the clinical picture. A doctor knows that the clinical picture is incomplete, and where to look for evidence. AI does not know that.
This is getting off topic so I don't want to keep it going, but if you're a troubleshooting type, you might still be better off, particularly at least asking a specialist the right questions because in my experience, good doctors are hard to find and don't always consider the bigger picture, particularly if it overlaps more than one area.
I spent 2.5 years in pain (hurt worse throughout the day when I blinked) back in 2001-2003 right after going to a water park where I wore my contact lenses, which I didn't tolerate well (protein buildup) so these were weekly disposables, but the eye doctor said they were fine to wear to the park or the ocean as long as I took them out and cleaned/sterilized them or threw them out afterwards.
This took 2.5 years and 13 doctors to find the cause all because two idiot ENTs took a CT scan and concluded the pain by my left eye was, "100% NOT a sinus problem" and suggested I see an ophthalmologist or even a neurologist instead.
To make a 2.5 year long story shorter, seeing 13 doctors total (including two separate ENTs), it absolutely was a sinus problem. An allergy doctor finally figured it out. He said specialists are not well trained in actual troubleshooting, but by the book methods where if they don't see something on the CT scan like signs of an infection, they think nothing is wrong.
The sad thing is he did notice there was fluid buildup in my left cheek area, but he stupidly assumed that had nothing to do with pain by my eye when in fact it was back pressure building up as it drained to the wrong place (instead of into my nose) and that pressure wasn't infected sinuses, just poorly draining ones with what he said was 10-20% of the population being susceptible to hyper nerve sensitivity syndrome under some circumstances.
It was the pressure creating hyper skin sensitivity by my eye that hurt to blink as that's where the sinus was inflamed (but not infected). Regular decongestants short term had no impact (it's not like I didn't try Sudafed at all), but I needed prescription strength along with a mucus thinner (then a prescription now sold OTC as Mucinex brand or Guaifenesin generic) to get it back under control. 3.5 days later I was no longer in pain (the other doctors were prescribing Vicodin like it was candy back then). It turns out, 95% of the time, the mucus thinner alone is enough.
But he proved it that day with a simple test you'd think all ENTs would know about and that was to press on the opposite side of the nose and snort. It came out like a squirt gun into my nose.
I've had similar issues getting a correct diagnosis for simple muscle pulls because of the nerve overreaction (Formication). Being a troubleshooting Electronic Engineer with programming experience (I used to make VPM pinball recreation tables by the dozen in the early 2000s as "PacDude", some of which modified versions went commercial later), I've not been impressed by the average doctor or specialist's ability to troubleshoot. It should not take 13 doctors to change a light bulb (figure out a simple sinus issue).
In 2019, I was dizzy for 3/4 of the year. The ENT hearing specialist ran all kinds of tests including one where they blew warm air in one ear and cold in the other to induce a given room "spin" direction while wearing odd headgear that showed me lights on to track with my eyes. The end result was the doctor (a different one mind you) the same words again, "Whatever it is, it's 100% not an ear problem." It's funny how both ENTs said 100% like they were so sure the Big Bang Theory is correct they'd bet their life on it where I look at as an (increasingly unlikely by Webb findings) mere
theory.
When the dizziness disappeared overnight after an airplane flight with lots of ear popping, I pretty much wrote him off as another 100% idiot doctor. But now in regards to evidence of a lacunar stroke with nothing recent (clean around it), it might just me he was correct and the dizziness was caused by the stroke damage in that part of the brain (8mm lesion on the right anterior commissure) and the airplane flight was a coincidence or did something to the blood flow or whatever that eliminated the dizziness other than clearing out the Eustachian tubes or whatever sinus cavity that might have been involved (he said the tubes weren't blocked).