I have been reading here for quite some time now and I am very thankful for the amount of useful information I gathered from here.

I am a recent college graduate, worked for a financial services firm for a bit and am now looking at starting flight training.

I went to my local AME earlier today and he expressed concern regarding a visit I had with a neurologist last Jan 2015. From September to around December last year ( months working long nights on overtime), I have been experiencing headaches at the back of my head -- mostly when I am sleep deprived. It never really incapacitated me but it was painful enough for me to need acetaminophen to get over with. I never even felt the need to pull over while driving with it. My parents suggested for me to consult a neurologist early January just to make sure. My neurologist ordered a Brain MRI to check and no complications surfaced in the results. She said it probably is just head spasm and ruled out any other illness/disease based on the MRI. I haven't experienced it since January as I already quit my job and have been getting decent amount of sleep since. I disclosed this visit in my FAA Medxpress application.

Now what I don't understand is why my AME kept reiterating for me not to keep my hopes up because according to him I probably won't get certified by FAA because of my previous headache problem. He asked me to write a statement about it and make my neurologist write a letter and furnish any medical test copies for the FAA to check. From the way he laid out things to me, it seemed as if he didnt want to see me again because even if I submit docs from my neurologist it would all be futile anyway.

Do you think it would be wise for me to seek second opinion with another AME in my area? I'm not a trained physician or what but I think my situation isnt as bad as he put it and is way too far from being disqualifying based on what I've read in this FAA guide for AMEs: https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/aam/ame/guide/media/C-CACIMigraine.pdf

Im also disappointed by the fact that he hadnt even sat next to me for more than 2 mins to listen to what I have to say in detail (like the timeline involved in my issue etc).

Hope to hear feedback from you guys.

Thanks.