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Originally Posted by Jaime_S
Hi Julie,
I have Occipital Neuralgia, but I haven't tried Neurontin. I have tried a few other meds, but they all had bad side-effects for me, especially Topamax!
Amitriptyline helped a bit with the nerve pain, but I was sleepy all the ime.
The best treatment I have found is a nerve block, and it has worked well for me. I've had 2 nerve blocks and the last one has lasted almost 2 months so far. I never want to go back to the other meds!
~Jaime~ |
Hi Jaime
I have had two nerve blocks at C2-C3 but they were done to determine if I was a candidate for radiographic neurectomy. They gave me complete pain relief but only for about 8-10 hours. No lasting effect. I am anticipating that the lesions they are going to creat (the burning of the nerve) will be very effective considering the anesthetic diagnostic injections were completely successful. The problem is waiting for at least another 6 months to 3 years for the procedure here in Canada. The pain is unbearable at this point so I am now 2 days on Neurontin, A little dizzy but only at 300 mg per day so far.
Thanks for your input.
Maybe we could email as you have occ. neuralgia as well and I've never had the opportunity to chat with anyone that has this condition.
Can you PM on this site?
Thanks
Julie