Hi, I'm new to this forum as of today. From about age 50 to 55 I had TN with severs attacks about once a day, usually at night. I saw a neurologist who tried me on all kinds of pills with no success. I was also seeing a psychiatrist for depression. One day he prescribed me Wellbutrin. A little while after the TN went away. The psych said that might be due to the Wellbutrin since it can help circadian rhythm which he said can be tied to TN. Years went by with no TN. That psych went away and I got a new one. She had me cut down on the Wellbutrin from 450 to 300 because she was trying me on a new antidepresant 'cause the Wellbutrin wasn't working well. In about 2 weeks, the TN came back. So I immediately went back to 450 of Wellbutrin. It's been 3 weeks and no change: having 1 to 3 TN attacks per day. The new antidepressant she put me on was Trintellix and I can find no correlation of Trintellix and TN. Also my urologist started me on Rapaflo about 3 weeks ago due to enlarged prostate and commensurate urinating problems.
I'm trying to figure out why my TN came back with a vengeance.