I was given a topical cream containing Lidocaine 2.5% and prilocaine 2.5%,
this worked for awhile then pretty much stopped.
I have the intense shooting pains on my scalp now coupled with similar pains in my ears - shooting stabbing pains usually at night, and/or first thing in the morning.
I'm hoping in some strange way that the pain in both ears is connected to the scalp pain and can help a doctor make a diagnosis.
This has been 8 years now - although, I do recall having pains like this in my ears from time to time at least 20 years ago. They last a few years and then go.
I've changed pillow cases, towels, everything that might cause an irritation of any sort. I did have a biopsy done recently of a bump on my scalp which indicated folliculitis. This has stopped over the past two months with the use of
a topical antibiotic, Clindamycin.
I still don't know for sure if this entire situation is or has been caused by a "neuralgia" the oft-cited but seemingly un-diagnosable condition.