Hello Folks,

Something went wrong after having sinus sugery and I am
now suffering from nocturnal trigeminal neuralgia. When I
try to sleep I get electric shock-like snaps inside my head
and I can't sleep without heavy medication. An MRI of my
brain shows a completely normal ganglion. Apparently, the
secondary trigeminal branch was damaged from CO2 laser
burns to my right inferior turbinate ... too small to be seen
on an MRI. (no facial pain common to typical TN)

The Neurontin stops the nocturnal electric snaps, but it's
destroying my mind, memory and thought process. It's
gotten so bad that I can't even carry on a conversation
without forgetting what I'm saying or unable to understand
what the other person is saying. This has started after about
two years on Neurontin.

Will I have less horrific mental effects with Tegretol?
(I only need the meds at night)

Thanks.

-Roy